Posted to the Hello! forum
19 October 2009 9:01 PM
Sorry I forgot to say Hello to you all and jumped in with a question first,lol..
I have been married to my hubby for twenty nine years and we both live in the Midlands not too far from where the Red Kites have been reintroduced back into the wild at Finshade woods and have been lucky enough to have them fly over our village and my hubby often looks out of his office window and sees them flying round the local town centre....
We enjoy birdwatching very much and wherever we go we always do a tick list to record the birds we see on our travels and when on holiday.Perhaps when we have gone from this earth our lists might help understand what birds were about in various parts of the country....
Look forward to chatting with you all and keep up the good work.
Thanksxxx
19 October 2009 9:24 PM
Hi Robyn and welcome to the forum. I am sure you will enjoy it here.
The necessity of bird-watching is a really good reason for avoiding all forms of housework.
The dust will still be there tomorrow - the birds may not be!
19 October 2009 10:35 PM
Hello, Robyn and welcome. I'm sure you will enjoy yourself (just noticed I've put almost identical to Squirrels words, but still mean them warmly, anyway!).
Lindybird (Linda)
19 October 2009 11:53 PM
Hello Robyn, Welcome from me too. There are lots of friendly, helpful people here and you'll soon feel at home.
There is something new to learn everyday...
20 October 2009 6:38 AM
Thank you all for your kind comments and look forward to chatting to you all
We often go over to the main hedquarters of the RSPB at Sandy and when we were over there in May managed to get a photo of an English Crossbill that came down for a drink.Never realised what large birds they are.
Don't know if any of you have a favourite bird but mine is the Kingfisher,followed by Robins,and Swifts because I love to hear them screaming for joy as they fly round the houses in the summer...
20 October 2009 9:12 AM
Welcome from me too Robyn!
Favourite bird? Now that's a hard one! Kingfisher rates highly but I love all birds really! Always exciting to see something new although I'm just as happy to watch those that I've seen before!! :-)
"All weeds are flowers, once you get to know them" (Eeyore)
20 October 2009 12:34 PM
Hi Marjus and Thanks for your kind words.{smile}
I love the Kingfisher because I love the brilliant blue colouring on the body,love Robins also as they always seem to pop up wherever we go walking or birdwatching and the Siwfts I could watch for hours as they hurtle round the skies like little jet fighters lol.We are like you though and love all birds,wildlife and flowers etc,although my hubby has a dislike for Flamingo's lol..
20 October 2009 2:49 PM
Favourite bird? Skylark for it's superb singing, long-tailed tits for being so endearing and the whole owl family. Oh! and I know they are mammals, not birds but as they fly I shall add bats to the list, especially natterers and brown long eareds. :))
20 October 2009 5:07 PM
Just new here as well so welcome to the forum.
Dave DHL
Ayrshire
I came into this world 49 years ago with nothing, I can honestly say I have most of it left.
20 October 2009 5:48 PM
Hi Robyn
Belated welcome from me too!
Still learning about the birds but my garden favourites are wren and robin.
Regards
Kezmo
"What is the good of having a nice house without a decent planet to put it on?" Henry David Thoreau
22 October 2009 6:17 PM
A belated greetings to you
Enjoy the RSPB Forum
Lots of interesting chats about allsorts here
Kathy and Dave
Another day 'birding' means another happy moment in life
Regards Kathy and Dave x
22 October 2009 6:47 PM
Thanks for the warm welcome everyone{smile}
Kathy and Dave you forgot to say which are your favourite birds,lol....
22 October 2009 8:03 PM
Love certain birds - too many bird to mention here LOL
How about you?