Weekly Chat (Non-Osprey), 19 May 2019

Good to read all your posts - well, the happy parts of them.

Tired this evening after shopping in M&S Food. Indulged in a jam and cream scone in the coffee shop! OH busy with the hose in the garden this evening - we have been getting very little rain once again. I think it will be a gardening day tomorrow.

Well, it's started - that summer sound which only young starlings can make - some of them seem to be coming out and about very young - still quite fluffy in parts!

Hi, all. 

Just popping in to post this. I thought some of you might find it interesting. 

This morning in Montana, an adult black bear climbed the 25-foot pole to an osprey nest! The osprey pair were distressed -- understandably -- but the bear wasn't able to reach the eggs and eventually climbed back down after checking out the nest. 

Here's a PHOTO. 

Here's a very good two-minute VIDEO. 

LINDY: A very lovely poem!!!

I see that the Glaslyn ospreys have laid 3 eggs, and one has hatched already. We hope to visit there soon, when we are back in Wales once again.

OG -- As regards bird noise, we've been noticing how loudly the sparrows have been arguing around our garden lately. A real cacophony! We have a lot of sparrows because we and our neighbours all feed them all year round, so the population has increased. I don't know if they're fighting over the available females, or the food source.

Diane, thanks. I saw the bear on your Facebook post, quite astounding

Diane: That is the most amazing video!!!! Have you posted it on other RSPB osprey threads? I'm sure everyone would be fascinated. Thank you..

Good Morning. Rather grey skies here, but it's still dry. The allotment needs rain!!

My camera has been gadding about. On Sunday it went on a “church crawl” (not a pub crawl LOL). I visited 2 churches to capture stained glass windows before returning to my own service. One window was a memorial to a 19-year-old DOW in the Boer War. Today I visited 2 more city churches, one of them open for History Month, the other for a weekly concert. I mistimed how long the first batch of photos would take and arrived for the concert an hour early. Noticing a side door open, I cheekily entered, “please may I etc etc” and soon I was finished, still much too early. Nah, I wasn’t so desperate for the concert, so hobbled back to my bus stop with a detour to bookshop for some educational books for twins looming birthday. I already have crafts and odds & sods for them. FIVE! Two grown up little misses.

AQ - five already? unbelievable! Sounds as if you are enjoying the city churches this autumn.

DIANE - amazing bear story - I did see it on Facebook. Hope work is going well.

LINDA - gone dull here after a very bright start, but still warm, and more blue sky appearing - just not in the direction of the sun! Will be gardening after coffee; hoping to "finish" front garden so all it will need is regular mowing and trimming. Goldfinches are still monopolising the Willow Tree feeders, but a variety of species have found the new water feature on the deck and are enjoying baths/showers there!