Vagueness and the Aftermath - A sporadic diary

[typhoon13]

Anyone heard the "Cuckoo" yet

Not yet Trev. You always hear it before me.

Do you do the old superstition thing and turn your silver over?

SILVER

I aint got any

[typhoon13]

Going to Newmarket tomorrow to see "Frankel" the new wonder horse.

Might get some silver if i have a good day.

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Going to Newmarket tomorrow to see "Frankel" the new wonder horse.

Might get some silver if i have a good day.

If I had your money, I'd burn mine.

[tikay]

I had an incident with a newt the other week.
I dont think I should talk about it, I would probablly be banned by tikay

Please present your case for my due consideration.

If nothing else, we need to keep Posting in this Diary, to sort of poke Tom in the eye to get it re-started.

So, you were saying, about this newt......big bugger, was it?

[Nakor]

I had an incident with a newt the other week.
I dont think I should talk about it, I would probablly be banned by tikay

Please present your case for my due consideration.

If nothing else, we need to keep Posting in this Diary, to sort of poke Tom in the eye to get it re-started.

So, you were saying, about this newt......big bugger, was it?

How do I tell the difference between a Dunnock and a female Sparrow please?

[RED-DOG]

I had an incident with a newt the other week.
I dont think I should talk about it, I would probablly be banned by tikay

Please present your case for my due consideration.

If nothing else, we need to keep Posting in this Diary, to sort of poke Tom in the eye to get it re-started.

So, you were saying, about this newt......big bugger, was it?

How do I tell the difference between a Dunnock and a female Sparrow please?

A asked a Scots naturalist this once and he said "Och ah dunnock hen".

[tikay]

I had an incident with a newt the other week.
I dont think I should talk about it, I would probablly be banned by tikay

Please present your case for my due consideration.

If nothing else, we need to keep Posting in this Diary, to sort of poke Tom in the eye to get it re-started.

So, you were saying, about this newt......big bugger, was it?

How do I tell the difference between a Dunnock and a female Sparrow please?

GREAT tactic, Nakor.

I know the answer - obv - but let's see if Tom knows more about Dunnocks, & female sparrows, than he does about muntjacs & sycamore trees.

[faireycakes]

I had an incident with a newt the other week.
I dont think I should talk about it, I would probablly be banned by tikay

Ate one?

Ran over one?

Got pissed as one?

I had a bit of an incident with the poor fellow and a hole for a gate post, I think it survived the excavation then succumbed in the clearance of spare earth,

Full newt
Half newt

I thought they lived by ditches for some reason with all the crossing pipes they make when building and moving roads, not in the middle of a  field with a rotten oak post

My condolences obviously go out to the newts family.

[smashedagain]

tom yesterday the kids found a collared dove in the paddling pool. its feathers were drenched so could not fly. another one was sat on the fence so i picked it up and placed it on the fence to dry out the other one flew off but came str8 back as soon as i stepped away. later that evening i was sat in the living room and they both came back and sat in front of our patio doors for ages. tried to post a picture but asked two people n still cant do it. but have managed to get it onto sadbook

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tom yesterday the kids found a collared dove in the paddling pool. its feathers were drenched so could not fly. another one was sat on the fence so i picked it up and placed it on the fence to dry out the other one flew off but came str8 back as soon as i stepped away. later that evening i was sat in the living room and they both came back and sat in front of our patio doors for ages. tried to post a picture but asked two people n still cant do it. but have managed to get it onto sadbook

Collared doves are pretty amazing really. they started out as tropical birds and then slowly spread across the globe.

Incredibly, they didn't make it to Great Britain until the mid 1950's but now we've got fazands of em.

[Karabiner]

tom yesterday the kids found a collared dove in the paddling pool. its feathers were drenched so could not fly. another one was sat on the fence so i picked it up and placed it on the fence to dry out the other one flew off but came str8 back as soon as i stepped away. later that evening i was sat in the living room and they both came back and sat in front of our patio doors for ages. tried to post a picture but asked two people n still cant do it. but have managed to get it onto sadbook

Collared doves are pretty amazing really. they started out as tropical birds and then slowly spread across the globe.

Incredibly, they didn't make it to Great Britain until the mid 1950's but now we've got fazands of em.

If you're talking about those big pigeons with white collars that I always seem to see in pairs.

Do they mate for life?

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tom yesterday the kids found a collared dove in the paddling pool. its feathers were drenched so could not fly. another one was sat on the fence so i picked it up and placed it on the fence to dry out the other one flew off but came str8 back as soon as i stepped away. later that evening i was sat in the living room and they both came back and sat in front of our patio doors for ages. tried to post a picture but asked two people n still cant do it. but have managed to get it onto sadbook

Collared doves are pretty amazing really. they started out as tropical birds and then slowly spread across the globe.

Incredibly, they didn't make it to Great Britain until the mid 1950's but now we've got fazands of em.

If you're talking about those big pigeons with white collars that I always seem to see in pairs.

Do they mate for life?

I think they do Ralph, and tinternet seems to agree with me.

[smashedagain]

tom yesterday the kids found a collared dove in the paddling pool. its feathers were drenched so could not fly. another one was sat on the fence so i picked it up and placed it on the fence to dry out the other one flew off but came str8 back as soon as i stepped away. later that evening i was sat in the living room and they both came back and sat in front of our patio doors for ages. tried to post a picture but asked two people n still cant do it. but have managed to get it onto sadbook

Collared doves are pretty amazing really. they started out as tropical birds and then slowly spread across the globe.

Incredibly, they didn't make it to Great Britain until the mid 1950's but now we've got fazands of em.

If you're talking about those big pigeons with white collars that I always seem to see in pairs.

Do they mate for life?

I think they do Ralph, and tinternet seems to agree with me.

these are skinnier than the pidgeons we get round here and have a black collar. would say these two birds were defo life partners.wish i could get the pic from the i phone to on here. despite the key board / troll rep these sort of threads are the most intersting on here for me

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Did they look like this pair Jason?

Click to see full-size image.

[smashedagain]

yep thats em 100%. just noticed the dark plumage at tips of wings. never noticed this as most of the wing was wet