Comments on: Gotchya! http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/gotchya Cooking - Photography & More Fri, 16 May 2008 07:46:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/gotchya#comment-3220 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:29:23 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/gotchya#comment-3220 Cid, Have no fear, they're already dead! Miles Cid,
Have no fear, they’re already dead!
Miles

]]> by: Cid http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/gotchya#comment-3211 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:22:38 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/gotchya#comment-3211 Miles, I refuse to put anything wriggling in my feeders ... obviously in my previous bird existence, I was more of your average humming variety seeking nectar :) Cid Miles,

I refuse to put anything wriggling in my feeders … obviously in my previous bird existence, I was more of your average humming variety seeking nectar :)

Cid

]]> by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/gotchya#comment-3210 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:24:35 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/gotchya#comment-3210 Cid, Mealworm is my blackbird's current menu choice, doubtless he will let me know when he tires of it :) Miles Cid,
Mealworm is my blackbird’s current menu choice, doubtless he will let me know when he tires of it :)

Miles

]]> by: Cid http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/gotchya#comment-3207 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:42:13 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/gotchya#comment-3207 Miles, I think the RSPB advises that we should feed birds in spring and summer, Elsie is quite right. Seems that sunflower seeds without husks, soaked sultanas and currants, various types of fruit, pinhead oatmeal and mealworms are the sort of thing. The organisation sells its own so I believe and they have a small shop here in town so I'll check it out. Cid Miles,

I think the RSPB advises that we should feed birds in spring and summer, Elsie is quite right. Seems that sunflower seeds without husks, soaked sultanas and currants, various types of fruit, pinhead oatmeal and mealworms are the sort of thing. The organisation sells its own so I believe and they have a small shop here in town so I’ll check it out.

Cid

]]> by: Cid http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/gotchya#comment-3206 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:24:29 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/gotchya#comment-3206 Elsie, Then we should press on and help out. I shall investigate the recipes on offer here at the wildlife shop and report back. I feel strangely drawn to the modernist lilly like bird feeders I've seen on line, sold in packs of three. In the winter they would look splendid when there's no foliage... let's hope the birds like them too. Good news.... yesterday evening before dusk a little wren was spotted close to my lounge window. I know these birds are not colourful but I love them with their tiny pointy tails. I nearly always see one with a blackbird taking the berries from the pyracantha, partners in crime! Cid Elsie,

Then we should press on and help out. I shall investigate the recipes on offer here at the wildlife shop and report back.

I feel strangely drawn to the modernist lilly like bird feeders I’ve seen on line, sold in packs of three. In the winter they would look splendid when there’s no foliage… let’s hope the birds like them too.

Good news…. yesterday evening before dusk a little wren was spotted close to my lounge window. I know these birds are not colourful but I love them with their tiny pointy tails. I nearly always see one with a blackbird taking the berries from the pyracantha, partners in crime!

Cid

]]> by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/gotchya#comment-3204 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:16:55 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/gotchya#comment-3204 Rod, Possibly not, upon reflection Landscape Photography might be the easier option :) Miles Rod,
Possibly not, upon reflection Landscape Photography might be the easier option :)

Miles

]]> by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/gotchya#comment-3203 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:15:12 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/gotchya#comment-3203 Cid, The Goldcrest sounds exotic, let me know about the bird feed please. Miles Cid,
The Goldcrest sounds exotic, let me know about the bird feed please.
Miles

]]> by: Elsie Nean http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/gotchya#comment-3200 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:05:34 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/gotchya#comment-3200 Miles, Good shot and well earned. The gold finches seem to be perching on many telephone wires at present and delighting us with their songs. Cid, with regard to feeding birds at present. We used to be of the same opinion that they should look to mother nature now. However, having listened to the RSPB on occasions they advocate for us to carry on to help them during the breeding season. Apparently, there is insufficient natural food about now with many cultivated or paved gardens. There are not many meadows now but at least the hedgerows and verges in the countryside have made a comeback. Elsie Miles,
Good shot and well earned. The gold finches seem to be perching on many telephone wires at present and delighting us with their songs.
Cid,
with regard to feeding birds at present. We used to be of the same opinion that they should look to mother nature now. However, having listened to the RSPB on occasions they advocate for us to carry on to help them during the breeding season. Apparently, there is insufficient natural food about now with many cultivated or paved gardens. There are not many meadows now but at least the hedgerows and verges in the countryside have made a comeback.
Elsie

]]> by: Rod http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/gotchya#comment-3199 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:21:41 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/gotchya#comment-3199 Miles it's a great photo. Do you tink you have the patience for <b>wildlife photography</b> ? It strikes me as potentially interminable, especially for someone with limited time. Seeing the above results I can see the satisfaction must be considerable - but the waiting ... Regards Rod Miles
it’s a great photo.
Do you tink you have the patience for wildlife photography ?
It strikes me as potentially interminable, especially for someone with limited time.

Seeing the above results I can see the satisfaction must be considerable - but the waiting …
Regards
Rod

]]> by: Cid http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/gotchya#comment-3196 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:01:12 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/gotchya#comment-3196 Miles, What bright spark named him a goldfinch.... he should have been called the red faced with a bit of black finch :) Still, well done for getting that photo. A gold crest took up residence on my window frame recently and would tap away all day, at first I thought he was after insects but after a while I began to suspect he was looking at his own reflection... how vane... he was gorgeous though :) I noticed that the shops are still full of bird feeders, mostly seed mixtures. Perhaps I'm wrong but I thought that in spring we shouldn't give seeds to the birds because of the chicks. I must ask the local wildlife people their advice. Bird feeders have become hot designer property for the last couple of years and as long as they do their job, I'm all for it. As one of my friends visiting for the first time said... 'this has got to be Cid's pad, look at what's dangling from the trees!' Cid Miles,

What bright spark named him a goldfinch…. he should have been called the red faced with a bit of black finch :) Still, well done for getting that photo. A gold crest took up residence on my window frame recently and would tap away all day, at first I thought he was after insects but after a while I began to suspect he was looking at his own reflection… how vane… he was gorgeous though :)

I noticed that the shops are still full of bird feeders, mostly seed mixtures. Perhaps I’m wrong but I thought that in spring we shouldn’t give seeds to the birds because of the chicks. I must ask the local wildlife people their advice.

Bird feeders have become hot designer property for the last couple of years and as long as they do their job, I’m all for it. As one of my friends visiting for the first time said… ‘this has got to be Cid’s pad, look at what’s dangling from the trees!’

Cid

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