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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2020 22:44:00 GMT
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Women punks don't post on TP as it's just a club of 20/30 auld guys on clucking about pish we've talked about for years.
If your after yer hole you've no chance 🤣😉
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Post by personunknown on Oct 24, 2020 9:07:31 GMT
🤣 Women punks don't post on TP as it's just a club of 20/30 auld guys on clucking about pish we've talked about for years. It's like a record fair in the real world. They'll come in, look around for five minutes and realise they've got better things to do. |
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Oct 24, 2020 9:35:56 GMT
Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2020 9:35:56 GMT
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Oct 24, 2020 9:42:19 GMT
Post by Lord Emsworth on Oct 24, 2020 9:42:19 GMT
What are we doing with our lives?
Posting about old music, old groups etc.
I'm off for another run
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Post by AndoII on Oct 26, 2020 4:37:34 GMT
Half an hour later about a dozen swans came at speed up the river and set about the geese on the bank. Such was the ferocity of their attack, families were abandoning their outside seats and retreating into the cafe, some children were traumatised. The noise was deafening. Very lucky no-one got their arm broken. |
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Post by jsm on Oct 27, 2020 3:38:41 GMT
There are many interesting birds where I live. One of the more remarkable ones is the Orange-footed Scrub Fowl, commonly known as the Bush Chook. These birds mate for life and are usually seen in pairs. Occasionally a single chook is seen, but the only time I have ever seen three together, it appeared that one bird was trying to chase another one away. I assume it was a single chook trying to steal a mate. These birds roost in trees at night, but as they are mainly ground dwelling, they have made a remarkable adjustment to urban life, especially as they lay their eggs inside large mounds, which they are constantly enlarging. One of the largest I have ever seen is on the grounds of my workplace, but I know quite a few people are happy to give up sections of their backyards for mounds as well. When the eggs hatch, the young birds take to the scrub alone and the parents play no role in their upbringing. I recently had a baby Bush Chook in my garage, and it took me some time to shepherd it outside again. I haven’t seen it since. The birds also sing out to each other at night, which is a strangely comforting sound
I got this photo from the net. The photographer is Ian Montgomery. The other one was taken by me just a few minutes ago
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Oct 27, 2020 6:45:39 GMT
Post by Lord Emsworth on Oct 27, 2020 6:45:39 GMT
Thanks jsm - the Bush Chook is a new one on me
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Post by jsm on Oct 28, 2020 2:27:44 GMT
The Masked Lapwing or Plover is a notorious bird where I live because of their habit of swooping on anybody who gets too close to their nests or young chicks. They nest in the open on the ground with the male constantly on guard. When the chicks hatch, the female supervises them with the male patrolling the edges, ready to swoop on intruders. Where I work they are very good to plovers and will leave the plover's nest alone when mowing lawns. I have even seen plovers nesting on the tarmac in the carpark. Our people just put a fence around them so they wouldn't be disturbed.
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Post by AndoII on Oct 28, 2020 6:15:12 GMT
^There is a similar Lapwing bird very common here. (Almost the same as the Lapwing in the UK, as well). They nest in local fields (Tapioca plantations), and dive-bomb at anyone (me and my dogs out walking) in their nesting territory. They also feign injury, to bait cats, dogs or other predators away from their nests / chicks, etc.  |
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Post by zeopold on Oct 29, 2020 20:53:44 GMT
When I visited Canada last year I was excited to see a Bald Eagle up close but the novelty soon wore off cos they're like pigeons over there
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Jun 18, 2021 12:49:54 GMT
Post by Lord Emsworth on Jun 18, 2021 12:49:54 GMT
/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/5V4ROXWGYNNSPO33YF53NMKFX4.jpg) Birdman of Brittany: French pensioner befriends pigeonWhen 80-year-old Xavier Bouget goes for a ride on his bicycle, tinkers in his workshop, waters his garden or sits down to eat a biscuit, he has a constant companion: a white female pigeon called Blanchon. Bouget, a retiree from the northwest French region of Brittany, befriended the bird when it was a chick and now it tags along with him everywhere, sitting on his shoulder or walking along beside him. "There's a desire to be together, because it feels good," said Bouget, who before retirement worked in the building supplies trade. The pair first met when Bouget was out near his home and saw a tiny pigeon fall to the ground as it tried to escape from a cat. Bouget later mentioned what he saw to his wife. She asked him why he didn't pick up the bird. So he went back. "I came home with Blanchon in my pocket," he said. He said he is often asked by people how he managed to train the bird to be so tame, but he replies that there is no trick, just mutual respect. Any human can build a relationship with an animal, he said, "once they respect the animal for what it is, that is a living creature that shares the Earth with us." "You just need to be patient, to understand how they live and adapt to their life, because they will adapt to yours." www.reuters.com/lifestyle/oddly-enough/birdman-brittany-french-pensioner-befriends-pigeon-2021-06-17/ |
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Post by Billy Idle on Jun 19, 2021 10:07:00 GMT
Isn't nature wonderful? Blanchon seems like a a wise person. Great story.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2021 10:43:44 GMT
Sitting out the backdoor yesterday enjoying the sun and watched a bee pollinating just about every buttercup.
Fascinating in it's method, didn't miss a single one.😎
Also, we have lots of crows and magpies and some of them are absolutely massive.
Funny how there's a rogue in every group. There's this one huge crow with distinctive markings which gets the whole garden to him/herself to plod around pecking in the way that birds do.
Whenever it makes an appearance the others scatter pronto.
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Post by jsm on Jun 20, 2022 4:32:09 GMT
Blue-winged kookaburra that has recently been visiting our yard. I only ever saw these birds in the bush until recent years when they have become more common in town also. That is often a sign that there is something wrong with their normal habitat, which is not good. It is nice to see them, however. Quite a big bird, eats rodents, snakes infant birds of other species etc.
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Jun 20, 2022 17:07:36 GMT
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Post by wardance on Jun 20, 2022 17:07:36 GMT
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