Hi All:
jsb: At the end of the previous Weekly Chat are two responses to your posting about the birds with French accents. One is from me and not especially profound. The other is from Diane, and reads as follows : Lovely article. I always have two pairs of house wrens (known as jenny wrens here) who return about the same time in the spring. Even though both females are house wrens, I can always tell which bird is singing, no matter where they are. I don't know whether the slight difference is because they winter in different regions or because individual wrens have distinct sounds. I always put up houses for them, but, this year, one pair decided that it would be more fun to nest in the nook above my propane gas tank, where the dials and controls are. So I had to fiercely guard the nest from the gas company employees who periodically check the gas levels. The gas company guys think I'm looney but they didn't dare to defy me and bother the wrens!
Everyone: AQ posted this one: Adelaide 10.50 am 12 C. Pumpkin soup for lunch thanks to friend giving me 2 large butternuts. Today is the Bay to Birdwood Classic for cars 1956-1977. Once upon a time they left from Glenelg (the Bay), but lack of space means they now leave from West Beach (2 km north). They travel about 70 km (44 miles) to Birdwood in the Adelaide Hills where there is a Motor Museum. Next year is the run for the Vintage cars (pre-1956). A picnic day. A bit chilly today but not as chilly as Wattle's.
And Teresa had this tip: If you delete something by mistake it is worth holding the Ctrl key down and clicking on Z. In lots of instances it undoes your last action - not always though but still worth a try.
AQ and Teresa: Hope it was okay to copy and paste your comments on this page - didn't want anyone to miss them.
Annette and Tish they are live pictures and those beautiful red squirrels are much in evidence at the moment.
Margobird
Tish: if its the Abernethy feeder you are talking about it IS live ... I have it on all the time now there are no ospreys to watch! I love watching the antics of the squirrels and the small birds & woodpeckers, especially when the 2 feeders and the box are all full of nuts :)))
Joan - avid bird and nature watcher in Northumberland!
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Thanks everyone it's nice to know for sure. Those wee red animals are a joy to watch/ X
Everything in life is speaking in spite of its apparent silence.
I hope we get a report on the girls tonight. A wee bit worried about Rothes and the nearness of the Atlantic Ocean .
The SINGLE web cam does not refresh (like the Osprey Still cam didn't) but you can get a dual web cam of the centre feeders plus a water place (forget its name) Here's the link
http://www.rspb.org.uk/webcams/viewer.asp
Then 'Launch the View' and follow instructions. This does update and you can watch the seconds counting down.
:)
Tish I am hoping that no news is good news and not that something has happened to Rothes or Mallachie.
margobird said: Tish I am hoping that no news is good news and not that something has happened to Rothes or Mallachie.
I was a tad worried that we hadn't heard and that and the Atlantic Ocean!!! Worrying for nothing hopefully:-))
Tish: have you read BrianEE 's comments today on the Diary Blog?? It's comforting news about the Atlantic route of Rothes.
Gotta go out now, looking forward to a new Blog and GE (hopefullly) update.
Annette, on the DVD front, I brought a DVD player over here quite cheaply with a chip in it that plays DVD's from all regions, including the UK. So if you have a few UK ones (like I did) or want to buy some from the UK, there is an option. If anyone is interested I can post a link to the site I used.
I also know you can buy DVD players in the UK that play all regions of discs but you need to track those down on line:)
Gary: Can I ask when you bought that multi-region DVD player and did you buy it online? I asked Circuit City about a year ago and they said they'd had them before, but couldn't sell them (when I was looking). Hope your visit with your Mom is going well.