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« Reply #18600 on: May 20, 2012, 12:48:45 PM » |
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Is it Gary?
It could be Boo, I haven't named him yet.... 
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« Reply #18602 on: May 20, 2012, 12:54:11 PM » |
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my next guess was a young robin?
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« Reply #18603 on: May 20, 2012, 12:56:19 PM » |
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Was VERY far away so apologies for the quality, but I think people who know their shiz will be able to identify it. I have no answer. Click to see full-size image. |
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 It's a lapwing.
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« Reply #18604 on: May 20, 2012, 12:56:59 PM » |
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my next guess was a young robin? Boom! Correct. I saw mammy feeding him.
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« Reply #18605 on: May 20, 2012, 01:01:24 PM » |
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Sweeet. My first Lapwing aka the Peewit. tyty. Another one for my list.
Got a couple of Ok-ish ones of it in flight as well.
Just read they are pretty common. Sighs.
My best shots from today were of a slug and a phonebox. Will probs share in camera thread later.
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« Reply #18606 on: May 20, 2012, 01:24:12 PM » |
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Sweeet. My first Lapwing aka the Peewit. tyty. Another one for my list.
Got a couple of Ok-ish ones of it in flight as well.
Just read they are pretty common. Sighs.
My best shots from today were of a slug and a phonebox. Will probs share in camera thread later.
Fairly common but a lot rarer than they were. Used to be a prized egg for eating - that wouldn't help but changes in farming practices have caused the worst damage. Brilliant fliers producing amazing aerobatics when trying to keep crows/gulls etc away from their nests.
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« Reply #18607 on: May 20, 2012, 02:07:55 PM » |
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I got curious about this place, so I researched it and I learned a lot of interesting facts. By way of a little quiz, where is it, and what facts can you discover? Worthless points will be awarded for the most interesting / obscure / surprising. Googling is encouraged. Clue: A lot of old men once came from there. Click to see full-size image. |

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« Reply #18608 on: May 20, 2012, 03:05:06 PM » |
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I got curious about this place, so I researched it and I learned a lot of interesting facts. By way of a little quiz, where is it, and what facts can you discover? Worthless points will be awarded for the most interesting / obscure / surprising. Googling is encouraged. Clue: A lot of old men once came from there. Click to see full-size image. |
 Nantucket Sci-fantasy series I liked had a start there & I got the old men clue (if I'm right that is). Edit - googling the 'fact' I thought i had showed I was right on location, wrong on the 'fact' - So Jaws wasn't filmed there.
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« Reply #18609 on: May 20, 2012, 03:08:29 PM » |
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There is a film festival every year and synonymous with Moby Dick.
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« Reply #18610 on: May 20, 2012, 03:19:56 PM » |
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Very impressive so far...
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« Reply #18611 on: May 20, 2012, 03:20:40 PM » |
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Nor sure about Rod's 'Old men' connection.
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« Reply #18612 on: May 20, 2012, 03:30:26 PM » |
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Nor sure about Rod's 'Old men' connection.
Could be I'm wrong & it's just the way my sick mind works - but I was thinking limericks....
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« Reply #18613 on: May 20, 2012, 03:32:08 PM » |
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Nor sure about Rod's 'Old men' connection.
Could be I'm wrong & it's just the way my sick mind works - but I was thinking limericks.... Oh right. Spot on. I thought you were talking about Sci-fantasy series 
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« Reply #18614 on: May 20, 2012, 03:35:47 PM » |
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Nor sure about Rod's 'Old men' connection.
Could be I'm wrong & it's just the way my sick mind works - but I was thinking limericks.... Oh right. Spot on. I thought you were talking about Sci-fantasy series  No - a series of books by S.M. Stirling starts with something happening there, so I knew a bit about the place already.
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