A very happy New Year to the lovely peregrines as well as Cilla and Scott! Diamond is on the ledge:
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
"Birds are, quite simply, little miracles - and as such they require care and consideration."
Magnus Ullman
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Happy Birthday Clare ... a pic for you of an online acquaintance's Jackdaw she's been looking after since he fledged with malformed wing & cannot fly
They are going to build an aviary for it!
2013 photos & vids here
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They are immensely kind - I wish more people had time for corvids.
Cilla has posted a quick update:
More from Cilla:
Here's a link to the video (highly recommended!).
Clare, Sorry, I seem to have missed that you've just had a Birthday!
Belated good Birthday wishes--hope it was a good one, for you and for Limpy! Is it the 18th?
Thanks for the link and Cilla's blogs. Re: the Peregrine, Pelicans and Snake video, I agree--although I didn't have any sound, since the UK is not known for Pelicans and I'm not sure what the Snake was, possibly a Rattler, well, that would put it not in the UK but most likely in the Americas!
Kind regards, Ann
Even the coastline didn't look British to me - but it's fantastic footage. I thought those poor pelicans were minding their own business but the perry knew better, no doubt!
Thank you for the links, CLARE, I've got even behinder due to my near-fatal cold ;) Cannot believe that I've missed your birthday, I bet it ruined your day that you didn't hear from me !!!
I hope you had a super day <3 And best wishes to LIMPY.
IMAGICAT
scylla said:Cannot believe that I've missed your birthday, I bet it ruined your day that you didn't hear from me !!!
We had a lovely day - we went to WWT Welney and watched the beautiful whooper swans.
Wow!!! One hell of an update from Cilla:
Fabulous news, Clare! Good to know Miss M is doing well and hanging out with her brother!