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Post by plocket on May 11, 2007 10:02:31 GMT 1
HOT NEWS: Percy has flown home! The owners have just this minute rung me to let me know. They said he was very hungry still but is fit and well. They couldn't understand why he arrived at ours because it was way off the course of the race, but are thrilled to have him back because he's won them a fair bit of money in the past. Anyway they thanked me for looking after him and I'm just chuffed that they let me know he's safe!
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Post by madonplants on May 11, 2007 10:03:30 GMT 1
Great news, Plocket!!  Keith |
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Post by plocket on May 11, 2007 10:08:34 GMT 1
I know! I'm so pleased he's safe!!!
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Post by madonplants on May 14, 2007 10:23:47 GMT 1
Finally got the swifts, house martins and swallows here at the weekend! After being dived bombed by that swallow in the gents at Rutland Water, last week, couldn't work out why we had none here, yet! Surely they would visit St Neots before Rutland, wouldn't they?  Oh how I love seeing them flitting about, catching flies etc. Keith |
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Post by plocket on May 24, 2007 14:18:57 GMT 1
I've just watched a baby blackbird bathing in the waterbowl in the garden, and a little bluetit splishing about in my water garden (while standing on the pebbles - he wasn't teaching himself to swim!), AND a little Holly Blue Butterfly flitting about in the sunshine.
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Post by plocket on May 27, 2007 13:51:51 GMT 1
We’ve just spent nearly 10 minutes watching a family of Coal Tits. We think they are coal tits – they looked easily as small as Blue Tits but without any blue on them – these were greyer and browny-yellow on their tummies. There were two weedy looking adults, and two little fat fledglings and the first spot was when the flitted into the garden to land on the garden chairs. One of the parents kept flitting from the feeders to the fledgling to feed it, and then the other two birds arrived. This second fledgling tried to land on the dome of the birdfeeder but missed so he rested on our hanging basket of rosemary, sorted himself out, and then returned to land on the bathing bowl. The second parent kept feeding him, and eventually he plucked up the courage to flit onto the actual food feeder. The first fledgling in the meantime decided to try and fly to the feeder, but the wind seemed to bother him a bit and he ended up on the garden wall being slightly buffeted by the weather! Eventually he too tried to land on the bird feeder, but he too had to divert to the hanging basket of rosemary, and the parent with him kept fetching food to keep him fed. Eventually they flew off towards the woodland, possibly because the wind had picked up and the feeders were blowing about in a rather alarming fashion!
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Post by chickadeedeedee on Dec 8, 2007 13:35:31 GMT 1
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Post by chickadeedeedee on Dec 9, 2007 2:13:47 GMT 1
Hi The witch. No. The pretty white-tailed deer was about a mile and a half away from our yard. She might well be here tomorrow though. Ya never know around here.  |
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Post by chickadeedeedee on Feb 26, 2008 0:18:36 GMT 1
These White-tailed Deer came to visit a home a few door down from us. |
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Post by 4pygmies on Feb 26, 2008 9:01:15 GMT 1
The LUCKY things! What a really wonderful photo - what truly lovely creatures aren't they? |
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Post by emseypop on Feb 26, 2008 10:49:53 GMT 1
How lovely! |
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Post by debbiem on Feb 26, 2008 10:59:45 GMT 1
That really is lovely, and what a perfect photo. |
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Post by madonplants on Feb 26, 2008 11:08:40 GMT 1
Aaaaaah. I wonder what they were both thinking at the time.
Keith
That deer reminds me of something, I forgot to mention before!
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Post by chickadeedeedee on Feb 27, 2008 1:32:18 GMT 1
They both are probably thinking: "Aren't you a sweetheart?!?!?" ;D
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Post by bogmyrtle on Feb 27, 2008 10:11:18 GMT 1
What a fantastic photograph! I would love to have deer around, mind you, any animals actually!
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