Happy new week folks! Don't foget to check the last few posts of the previous week. Heron posted a photo of a female reed bunting, AQ saw a "ginormous flock of corellas" (must Google that!), OG has found a nice B&B for her trip, Alan posted a nifty shot of the changing of the guard at the eagle nest, folks are wondering how Diane is doing with the storm the big storm back East, and much, much more! :-) We had almost 2 inches of rain in Santa Barbara today, which is brilliant. Still sorting files and likely to be doing so for a day or three to come. Take care all.
afternoon/morning all:)
Thanks for all the chat etc, difficult to reply to everyone without leaving someone out!
Just say Annette, lovely pictures, that's how I remember CA:)) Must get warm watching at times.
DjoanS, thanks for the picture of the owl. Lovely
AQ, thanks for the history. Fascinating. I don't realise how lucky I am sometimes!
Thanks for all the other news from everyone, great to hear
Think Diane and Careann are due snow today and my turn tomorrow:)
Djoans : Thanks for the owl pic.
I have been watching the eagles on the Estonia webcam:
wow, thanks Alan. Shows how big they are! Enjoyed your posting about varying supermarkets:)
Great zooming at Norfolk Botanical eagles:
Stunning picture Alan. Not sure I like the way it is looking at me!
Morning all: The place where we count whales is ideal in that we can see the blows as the whales come over the horizon and head our way, which gives us a lot of time to track them - as long as the visibility is good and someone spots the blows! It was lovely yesterday, although the usual afternoon breeze was increasing and the young folks in T-shirt were donning jackets by the time I left - jackets that wouldn't do them any good at all today, given that it's much cooler with heavy showers.
Alan: Amazing shots from the eagles If I were prey, I wouldn't want to see that face coming at me!
It's a good day to get back to the files; will check back later. Hope everyone is okay and that the weather is tolerable....
HEY, anyone around? What are those furry animals on Estonia Webcam 1??? Right now, 5:46 PM your time.
Annette, thanks for your whale count photographs. I am now even more enthusiastic about wanting to join you. Good luck with all the files. I always find having the shredder nearby, speeds the job up.
AQ, thanks for the further history lesson. It really was such a hard life for those people.
DIANE, Thanks for explaining about the furnace as I was also confused and thought it was the equivalent to our boiler.
It has been dry here today but the wind was very cold.
Diane, did you mean these?
I don't know what they are though - perhaps Auntie could help?
Oh, Sue C, THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. I couldn't get a screen shot for some reason -- made me furious! LOL. Fascinating little creatures. They look sort of like our raccoons -- little masked faces. Wonderful.