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[Hurdity]

...still forked though even if less deeply so.... according to what it says on the web anyway

I see buzzards almost every day here and what  struck me about the kite I saw fairly close (OK OK just the one!!) was that its tail was long compared to short stubby buzzard tail and I know even with variations of forkiness it would be unmistakeable to me - except perhaps at great height when you just see a dot!

Hurdity x

[limpy]

The tails are pretty distinctive.
They've got straight edges and angles rather than curves.

[CLKD]

A couple of weeks ago Himself and I almost came to blows in a garden centre  - I wanted to buy a pot of hyacinths from the cheap stand but he told me quite firmly that 1 was broken and certainly wouldn't flower.  However: I could see that there is a tiny piece still attached to the bulb and hey presto! on Sat. evening it started to flower, 2 days before it's more secure bulb-mates  .

 They smell lovely today in the porch in warm sunshine and Himself keeps muttering "I didn't think it would open up as much as that" …….. so    DH I had female intuition 

[dazned]

   @ CLKD ,you cant tell then can you ,they know best 

[CLKD]

I could have given him a  ……… the bulbs will go into the garden eventually along with the others which are now beginning to flower.  I rarely query what he's buying   

[Galadriel]

On the Red Kite topic... as I was driving back home from Leeds today, I drove under a Red Kite and I saw a Barn Owl further along the A64 single carriageway section, bringing my Barn Owl tally for the day to three. Lucky me.

Galadriel x

[purplenanny]

Today I have been thrilled to watch a robin collecting leaves and bracken from my pond steps and take it all into the huge Ivy which is growing on the fence. I hope it is making a nest!
Can anyone tell me if this would be the male or female and why only one bird doing all the work ( guess it must be the female then )
Any other info would be great. I absolutely love these gorgeous little birds!
PN x x

[Taz2]

It will be the female purplenanny. You can read more about Robins nesting habits here http://www.rspb.org.uk/discoverandenjoynature/discoverandlearn/birdguide/name/r/robin/nesting.aspx

Don't let her know she's been spotted!!

Taz x

[limpy]

I saw a Barn Owl further along the A64 single carriageway section, bringing my Barn Owl tally for the day to three. Lucky me.

Lucky you indeed.

[purplenanny]

Thanks very much Taz. It is very exciting!  I can watch safely from behind a window.....she can't see me!
PN  x x

[CLKD]

That reminds me of when Himself and I were cycling through the Fen at night.  There was a mist sitting above the drain and out of the mist came a barn owl       â€¦â€¦â€¦    I JUMPED and can remember the feeling to this very day!  It flew along side me (Himself was on the other side of me) for a while, watching me …….

[Galadriel]

Apart from scaring the living daylights out of you, what a wonderful experience - being used by the owl to flush out prey. I used to wonder why they flew alongside my car until I asked an owl handler one day and that's what they are doing when they fly beside you. Very clever.

Galadriel x

[CLKD]

  ……….. it certainly scared me 

[CLKD]

I've been trying to buy an almond tree.  They are as rare as hens' teeth    …….

Been taking apart plant pots, weeding and replacing.  Found some statues that I forgot were in the garden so have moved them forwards a bit.  Sunshine is lovely, makes the screen a bit glarey though 

[Taz2]

Suttons sell them CLKD - £19.99 on their website.

Taz x