A LAUGHING OTTER, A ONE LEGGED STARLING, A RARE TIT AND YOU TUBE, MY WORLD THIS WEEK
Posted: Thursday, 20 November 2008 |
When you're smiling, when you're smiling, the whole world smiles with you...
Despite the grey skies and heavy clouds, this otter really brightened my day..
Yes, I've had a lovely few days, wildlife wise,
Out and about with my camera,
Walking along the beach, away with the fairies
When something black and shiny ran out from some seaweed covered rocks. Over the sand he ran and into the sea.
Was I ready with my camera? eeer no.
Well the otter was in a playful mood and he swam on his back
he dived for fish and then with one last cheeky grin he was gone.
Back at the homestead, I have made some seed and suet puddings for the birds and although the majority of visitors are starlings, one cheeky coal tit appeared.
A friendly little chap he was too,
Although Coal Tits are common on the Mainland, according to my Tiree and Coll Bird Book, the Coal Tit is a scarce visitor to Coll.
I was well, choughed,
No, lets not bring up Choughs, I had enough with that one, identifying a rather large blackbird as a Chough earnt me the name of birdbrain.
A more sorrowful sight is the one legged starling who for now is holding his own, hopping about atop of the seed puddings,
I haven't taken his photo, as I do not want to scare him
I think it's rather amazing that this poor one legged bird is surviving amongst his brothers and sisters which are quite an aggressive bunch.
Will he become pussy fodder in the next few days? that remains to be seen.
It's my ****th birthday on Sunday and I am now the proud owner of a Camcorder, which I am learning to use and load up to YouTube,
It seems the world and his wife are on Youtube, but it's so confusing, what you can load up and what you can't,
Anyway, it's a nice hobby over the winter months.
Well, I hope you are all keeping warm
Take care
xxxx
Despite the grey skies and heavy clouds, this otter really brightened my day..
Yes, I've had a lovely few days, wildlife wise,
Out and about with my camera,
Walking along the beach, away with the fairies
When something black and shiny ran out from some seaweed covered rocks. Over the sand he ran and into the sea.
Was I ready with my camera? eeer no.
Well the otter was in a playful mood and he swam on his back
he dived for fish and then with one last cheeky grin he was gone.
Back at the homestead, I have made some seed and suet puddings for the birds and although the majority of visitors are starlings, one cheeky coal tit appeared.
A friendly little chap he was too,
Although Coal Tits are common on the Mainland, according to my Tiree and Coll Bird Book, the Coal Tit is a scarce visitor to Coll.
I was well, choughed,
No, lets not bring up Choughs, I had enough with that one, identifying a rather large blackbird as a Chough earnt me the name of birdbrain.
A more sorrowful sight is the one legged starling who for now is holding his own, hopping about atop of the seed puddings,
I haven't taken his photo, as I do not want to scare him
I think it's rather amazing that this poor one legged bird is surviving amongst his brothers and sisters which are quite an aggressive bunch.
Will he become pussy fodder in the next few days? that remains to be seen.
It's my ****th birthday on Sunday and I am now the proud owner of a Camcorder, which I am learning to use and load up to YouTube,
It seems the world and his wife are on Youtube, but it's so confusing, what you can load up and what you can't,
Anyway, it's a nice hobby over the winter months.
Well, I hope you are all keeping warm
Take care
xxxx
Comments
Hello Squidgy, great to hear from you again. Great photos too, how lucky you are to be overrun with otters! The starling will be helped by having a ready supply of food, he won't have to struggle so hard. Good luck!
Jill from EK
I hope your one-legged starling will be OK - I think he will actually - it would be a different matter if he didn;t have both his wings ... :-)
soaplady from a soft touch ...
Also meant to say had a nice letter from the Scottish Butterfly Conservation Society saying how much they appreciated the reported sightings of the Peacock Butterfly. They have had a wonderful response and it just goes to show that every little helps.
Squidgy the Otter from Flying without wings.....
Squidgy, I'd forgotten about the butterfly. I too had a nice e-mail from the Butterfly Society. I wouldn't have known about them if it hadn't been for you!
Jill from EK
Thank you Jill, they really are beautiful butterflies. You ought to have seen my trying to photograph it, I was so afraid that the dogs were going to frighten him away, my hands were shaking, anyway, great memories of the summer.
Squidgy the Otter from Proud as a Peacock
Good to see you back, StO, and read your news. I love baking bread, too, it is so much better - and it is about 1/2 the price of the shop stuff. And it doesn't take much time oncce one has mastered the nack of doing other things at the same time instead of staring stupidly at the dough as it O so slowly rises. I have just finished a magnum load of cinnamon buns, they look quite OK, for the dog crowd coming in tomorrow for coffee and - obviously - cinnamon bun after dog walkies. There will be 5 black labradors and an Italian thing which looks a bit like a small Bedlington. The type is used to hunt truffles in Piedmont. The dogs don't get buns, they get dried pigs ears and they love them! All the best from Barney, whose boat is still not yet sold.
Barney from Swithiod missed you
Thank you Barney for your comments, Crikey you have got all sorts going on, and mmmm the cinnamon buns sound lovely. I think your boat will sell in the spring, not many sailors about in the Hebrides right now.
Squidgy the Otter from The Sun Rises in the Y,,East
Well you've come back with style Squidgy, which is only to be expected from such a talented otter, but you've done a Tws and buried all your archives...*sob* Your coal tit is beautiful...and purrfectly formed...if you don't mind a cat saying so!
Flying Cat from head-scratching hoose
Oh Flying Cat, if only my memory was what it used to be. I can't ever remember my passwords, so have to keep starting all over again, hence the loss of the past blogs. Now I have hatched a cunning plan, I will save the email sent to me by the 91热爆 which contains my log on details, simple but effective. As for munching on the rare Coal tit, won't a one legged starling taste better??
Squidgy the Otter from Acute Memory Loss
Happy Birthday Squidgy.... Wonderful Blog as usual. We have something in common , Its my Birthday on Sunday Too (23rd) I will be 50 .. a milestone that I would rather not be reminded of. Hope you had a good one
Barebraes from Shapinsay
any Waxwings yet
Sarah from Glasgows
Happy birthday too Barebraes, hope you had a nice birthday, I went to bed early as I am much older than you and too much excitement tires me out. Worried at hitting 50? you are a mere spring chicken, 50 is the new 40, Sarah from Glasgows, not sure about the Waxwings, I read in the Oban Times that there are some about, but I think it is on Mull. Beautiful birds too. I did however see a kind of black bird with red flashes over its wings. I'm not going to tell anyone though, because I am still being ridiculed over my Chough sighting. Bill's never off the phone asking me what birds I've spotted on Coll.
Squidgy the Otter from Older than Methusala
A sailor with cinammon buns is an enticing prospect!
Flying Cat from but not to me...I'm a cat...
Belated birthday greetings Squidgy and Barebraes.
Carol from IBHQ
If the world is your Oyster
Then Scotland must be the pearl
If Scotland is the Pearl
Coll must be the Gem
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