Posted by Dave Hill on January 6, 2011, 1:45 pm
When we had the "Big Thaw" and the temp went up to 50f here outside
Swansea the birds were singing their heads off but the last few days
they have calmed down, and I thought that they had realised the error
of their ways, but today comming away from Tesco I was stoped at
trafic lights and looked at a hedge at the side of House by the road,
I thought that the mass of twigs looked strange, then a Magpie flew in
with yet another twig and inserted it, fussed around with some of the
twigs before flying off for more, so thats one bird well into nest
building.
Does it know something we don't?
David
Posted by Gary Woods on January 6, 2011, 2:15 pm
> a Magpie flew in
>with yet another twig and inserted it, fussed around with some of the
>twigs before flying off for more, so thats one bird well into nest
>building.
You posted that just to annoy we American lurkers, right?
In the northeastern U.S., winter is just getting her boots on!
I've got an 8'X12' greenhouse almost ready to go up on the end of the
house, having fastened the several bundles of metal bits together for ends
and side, so that will count as a very early sign of spring, I hope!
Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/4 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G
Posted by Joan Edington on January 6, 2011, 2:58 pm
EEk. I've just got back from the shops here having slipped over twice on
the ice. My other half's too stingy to pay for a barber so I have to cut his
hair. I save it all in bags and put it out for the nesting birds in the
Spring. Too early for that here by far.
Joan
> When we had the "Big Thaw" and the temp went up to 50f here outside
> Swansea the birds were singing their heads off but the last few days
> they have calmed down, and I thought that they had realised the error
> of their ways, but today comming away from Tesco I was stoped at
> trafic lights and looked at a hedge at the side of House by the road,
> I thought that the mass of twigs looked strange, then a Magpie flew in
> with yet another twig and inserted it, fussed around with some of the
> twigs before flying off for more, so thats one bird well into nest
> building.
> Does it know something we don't?
> David
Posted by Martin on January 6, 2011, 3:32 pm
On Thu, 6 Jan 2011 19:58:26 -0000, "Joan Edington"
>EEk. I've just got back from the shops here having slipped over twice on
>the ice. My other half's too stingy to pay for a barber so I have to cut his
>hair. I save it all in bags and put it out for the nesting birds in the
>Spring. Too early for that here by far.
Luxury! The birds nest in my beard.
--
Martin
Posted by Joan Edington on January 7, 2011, 3:35 pm
From an easrlier post on this group, I suspect you may be the Martin that
used to idle his time away in the EE newsgroup that I perused occasionally
when on the dole, having nothing better to do. I never imagined you with a
beard, if it is you. If so, are you still in Belgium/Netherlands or wherever
foreign field it was?
Joan
> On Thu, 6 Jan 2011 19:58:26 -0000, "Joan Edington"
>>EEk. I've just got back from the shops here having slipped over twice on
>>the ice. My other half's too stingy to pay for a barber so I have to cut
>>his
>>hair. I save it all in bags and put it out for the nesting birds in the
>>Spring. Too early for that here by far.
> Luxury! The birds nest in my beard.
> --
> Martin
>
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>with yet another twig and inserted it, fussed around with some of the
>twigs before flying off for more, so thats one bird well into nest
>building.