birds & beesaw romantic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fukKOvTmStE
― drash, Thursday, 16 July 2015 12:10 (eight years ago) link
i don't know why it's swallowing a dragonfly. perhaps it'll die.
― estela, Thursday, 16 July 2015 13:02 (eight years ago) link
Halcyon days of ilxors past
― Treeship, Thursday, 29 August 2013 00:46 (2 years ago)
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Saturday, 5 September 2015 11:32 (eight years ago) link
oh the bee-eater is just tossing the dragonfly into a more swallowable orientation, as evidenced in that video
should have been obvious all along
― Yul Brynner playing table tennis with a deviled kidney (imago), Saturday, 5 September 2015 11:35 (eight years ago) link
trís inadvertently reminding me that that i saw a kingfisher for the first time in surrey last week, quite the most distinguished of insular riparian avianry and a worthy rival to its sylvan counterpart of the other month
now the webpages will tell you that it flies very fast very low to the surface of the water, this really doesn't convey quite how fast and low it was travelling, for a second it merely registered as a projectile of unknown quality, its aviformity discernable only subsequent to apprehension of its cobalt/turquoise livery (which would in any case be an apt camouflage for an antiship cruise missile)
then it, presumably it or possibly another one, strafed the opposite bank a few minutes later, this time seeming more orange whereas previously more blue, one would not be apt to think these mere perceptual errata
so without even trying or spending more than a marginal amount of time in proximity to 'nature', the two rarae aves of interest have been sighted, at least other than eagles or hummingbirds or others seldom found in london or the home counties, one is tempted to suggest that such serendipitious sightings are the most valuable
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Saturday, 5 September 2015 11:54 (eight years ago) link
the halcyon is a dichotomous projectile - cobalt above to blend in with the waters, orange below to evade detection coming in with the sun behind it
did i write here about the sighting of a kingfisher within a minute of taking rarissima avis to my favourite nature reserve for the first time? again, it came in fast and low, and at some distance, but it was unmistakeable even for her
and of course you're right - catching a glimpse of the unexpected avian is usually far more rewarding than that sought-out
of course, there's a grey area, when one is walking in the hope of meeting some unusual species, but this hope is secondary to the movement itself. my recent scottish adventures have provided ample satiation of this dual urge, along with an opportunity to practice and perfect the noble art of binocular-enhanced cellphone photography
― Yul Brynner playing table tennis with a deviled kidney (imago), Saturday, 5 September 2015 12:04 (eight years ago) link
that post is about yr sex life, yes?
― sarahell, Saturday, 5 September 2015 17:55 (eight years ago) link
the heheheherican possibiities will have been alluded to
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Saturday, 5 September 2015 18:06 (eight years ago) link
ugh, so puerile
― Yul Brynner playing table tennis with a deviled kidney (imago), Saturday, 5 September 2015 18:11 (eight years ago) link
the fact that the phrase "ample satiation of this dual urge" has obvious sexual connotations did not cross your mind at all when you typed it, come on!
― sarahell, Saturday, 5 September 2015 18:14 (eight years ago) link
classic lj dual urge to tart for hehehehe ripostes and then claim innocence when they arrive
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Saturday, 5 September 2015 18:19 (eight years ago) link
double unentendre
― outraged about summat (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 5 September 2015 18:20 (eight years ago) link
A+
― sarahell, Saturday, 5 September 2015 18:23 (eight years ago) link
https://twitter.com/DeBruyneKev/status/598086224419618816
― Lux Iniesta (nakhchivan), Friday, 11 September 2015 17:50 (eight years ago) link
there's a selena gomez joke in there
― sarahell, Friday, 11 September 2015 17:59 (eight years ago) link
He also had lunch on 8 April with Georges Auric and Satie as the guest of Poulenc. The latter, a long- time enthusiast of Bartók’s, remembered the froideur of the meeting, for ‘like two birds who do not sing the same tune, Bartók and Satie observed each other with suspicion and maintained an overwhelming silence that Auric and I tried in vain to break. For me it is an extraordinary and symbolic memory.’
― Robert Kenedy Nunes do Nascimento (nakhchivan), Friday, 18 September 2015 15:56 (eight years ago) link
love one-off meetings of luminaries that go not quite well
― jordan amavero (imago), Friday, 18 September 2015 19:00 (eight years ago) link
While he was working as an archaeologist in Athens, his first novel Dodo (1893) was published to great success. Thereafter Benson devoted himself to writing, playing sports, watching birds and gadding about.
― the siteban for the hilarious 'lbzc' dom ips (wins), Saturday, 19 September 2015 16:57 (eight years ago) link
that's what i call a role model
― bellendery hooks (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 19 September 2015 17:05 (eight years ago) link
he wrote 100 books!
― the siteban for the hilarious 'lbzc' dom ips (wins), Saturday, 19 September 2015 17:10 (eight years ago) link
the guy n smith of his day
lol those are actually my pursuits
― jordan amavero (imago), Saturday, 19 September 2015 17:11 (eight years ago) link
That did not escape my notice although you have a way to go before you catch up with best beloved benson
― the siteban for the hilarious 'lbzc' dom ips (wins), Saturday, 19 September 2015 17:13 (eight years ago) link
birders_the_central_park_effect_proves_that_jonathan_franzen_is_the_world_s_most_annoying_bird_watcher_.html
― drash, Saturday, 19 September 2015 17:32 (eight years ago) link
another hellene with birdhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Zeus_Ganymede_Naples.jpg/272px-Zeus_Ganymede_Naples.jpg
― drash, Saturday, 26 September 2015 23:41 (eight years ago) link
Two particularly bad-tempered dachshunds belonging to the German Emperor, named Wadl and Hexl, almost caused an international incident, when they set upon the heir-presumptive Archduke Franz Ferdinand's priceless golden pheasant on a semi-official visit to his country seat, château Konopiště.
― noɪˈɣiːələx (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 6 October 2015 23:48 (eight years ago) link
discovered the other day that there is only one lady amherst's pheasant left in britain, had assumed there was a small but thriving population. it's now a race against time to see who lives longer: it or people born before 1900. either way a dark shadow will cross my heart, twice
it's very sad and i hope that more are imported and released on the sly by a wealthy avian enthusiast (there's no chance of a reintroduction campaign as it's non-native)
― twunty fifteen (imago), Tuesday, 6 October 2015 23:58 (eight years ago) link
http://www.askmen.com/top_10/celebrity/top-10-21st-century-playboys.html
― sarahell, Wednesday, 7 October 2015 00:00 (eight years ago) link
thought yr interest in game birds was more alimentary in character
― noɪˈɣiːələx (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 7 October 2015 00:01 (eight years ago) link
i thought it was the avian that had the alimentary relationship with lj?
― sarahell, Wednesday, 7 October 2015 00:03 (eight years ago) link
this anecdote about the golden pheasant sounds unlikely
― noɪˈɣiːələx (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 7 October 2015 00:18 (eight years ago) link
everything else about franz ferdinand stresses the amount of avi- and indeed other fauna that he killed during maniacal hunting trips, he sounds like the sort who would enjoy watching a pheasant being killed by dachshunds more than anything else
― noɪˈɣiːələx (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 7 October 2015 00:20 (eight years ago) link
Attempts were made to rebrand the breed, with the American Kennel Club officially renaming it the ‘badger dog’(a literal translation from the German), with others giving it the moniker ‘liberty pup’.
― drash, Wednesday, 7 October 2015 07:00 (eight years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Cher_Ami_cropped.jpg
As Cher Ami tried to fly back home, the Germans saw her rising out of the brush and opened fire. For several moments, Cher Ami flew with bullets zipping through the air all around her.[3] Cher Ami was eventually shot down but managed to take flight again. She arrived back at her loft at division headquarters 25 miles to the rear in just 25 minutes, helping to save the lives of the 194 survivors. In this last mission, Cher Ami delivered the message despite having been shot through the breast, blinded in one eye, covered in blood and with a leg hanging only by a tendon.
Cher Ami became the hero of the 77th Infantry Division. Army medics worked long and hard to save her life. They were unable to save her leg, so they carved a small wooden one for her. When she recovered enough to travel, the now one-legged bird was put on a boat to the United States, with General John J. Pershing personally seeing Cher Ami off as she departed France.
Awards
Upon return to the United States, Cher Ami became the mascot of the Department of Service[verification needed]. The pigeon was awarded the Croix de Guerre Medal with a palm Oak Leaf Cluster for her heroic service in delivering 12 important messages in Verdun. She died at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, on June 13, 1919 from the wounds she received in battle and was later inducted into the Racing Pigeon Hall of Fame in 1931. She also received a gold medal from the Organized Bodies of American Racing Pigeon Fanciers in recognition of her extraordinary service during World War I.[4]
― drash, Wednesday, 7 October 2015 07:05 (eight years ago) link
amazing
― twunty fifteen (imago), Wednesday, 7 October 2015 08:54 (eight years ago) link
an avian is trying to eat berres from the laurel near the window
― noɪˈɣiːələx (nakhchivan), Thursday, 8 October 2015 15:46 (eight years ago) link
its lack of co-ordination and dexterity is quite striing
― noɪˈɣiːələx (nakhchivan), Thursday, 8 October 2015 15:47 (eight years ago) link
ive never seen an avian before that looks like it might be at risk of falling to its death, but this one might well do so, despite its apparent capacity for flight
― noɪˈɣiːələx (nakhchivan), Thursday, 8 October 2015 15:48 (eight years ago) link
can you narrow it down to a family
― twunty fifteen (imago), Thursday, 8 October 2015 16:13 (eight years ago) link
spoken like a true Cantabrigian
― fappy board (wins), Thursday, 8 October 2015 16:14 (eight years ago) link
there is surely only one type of common or garden british avian that shows such limited motor skills, lj
― noɪˈɣiːələx (nakhchivan), Thursday, 8 October 2015 16:17 (eight years ago) link
are you saying it was barely athwart the vine
― twunty fifteen (imago), Thursday, 8 October 2015 16:23 (eight years ago) link
the very same
athwart while also being approximately 40 degrees below horizontal, as if it had heard about low hanging fruit but was unaware that its advantages are absent when that fruit is 10ft in the air
― noɪˈɣiːələx (nakhchivan), Thursday, 8 October 2015 16:27 (eight years ago) link
& yet the rousing tale of its kindred Friend puts the columbid family in a whole other light
― twunty fifteen (imago), Thursday, 8 October 2015 16:31 (eight years ago) link
so foul-smelling and bitter-tasting that the New Guineans nicknamed it the “rubbish bird.
― fappy board (wins), Thursday, 8 October 2015 16:34 (eight years ago) link
Rubbish Bird
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Slaty backed gull pictured at Rainham Marsh nature reserve, image courtesy of Andy Lawson
If, like me, you have difficulty telling the difference between a black headed gull and a kittiwake, you'll probably not be excited by the slaty backed gull that's returned to our Rainham Marsh reserve in east London for a second visit.
This gull looks like any other to the untrained eye, but the thousands of fans that have descended on Rainham will no doubt beg to differ. Like those who queued and paid a fiver to get in to Steve Akers' house in Chipping Norton to see a turtle dove (albeit an Oriental one), their motivations are different from mine. Their love of birds has led to many papers and radio commentators ridiculing them. How we all love an easy target.
― twunty fifteen (imago), Thursday, 8 October 2015 16:38 (eight years ago) link
The-Crow:the chances of a good looking bird in Chipping Norton have always been slim,
but this bird looks like a pidgeon with a racing blue paint job
searches for an empty blue aerosol continue
― Rainham area Rilke (nakhchivan), Thursday, 8 October 2015 16:42 (eight years ago) link
Rainham area Rilke
tick
― twunty fifteen (imago), Thursday, 8 October 2015 17:45 (eight years ago) link
yes
― fappy board (wins), Thursday, 8 October 2015 21:05 (eight years ago) link
https://twitter.com/beamish13/status/311471697620504576
― Rainham area Rilke (nakhchivan), Friday, 9 October 2015 15:02 (eight years ago) link