Post by accipiter on Apr 24, 2017 19:18:49 GMT
Salutations once again my people, well after another recent long night spent observing little owls which mainly consisted of them hunting worms at dawn Alan decided a trip to the very same restaurant / garden centre I visited last time was in order, yes you heard it right the one that cost a mortgage for one pot of tea and a slice of coffee cream chocolate cake. Still the lady cashiers at this particular place are always good for a chuckle, but Alan had a change of strategy this time in the form of two sausage rolls as large as a donkey, (well by this time one was quite hungry) plus a pot of tea, £8. 98 please young man said the cashier how much! Well you are only a man she said in a strong West Country dialect who just so happen to be winking at the very same time, hmm is it me or is there something very strange in the water. Anyhow having left the garden centre and still being fairly early in the day I parked up once again in search of something tasty in the form of Mother Nature, which oddly enough came in the form of the following.
But first may I just say huge apologies for the very poor photo quality here but this is very much due to chopping in order to highlight the very small subjects in the far off distance. The plumage of this bird is also fairly standard and not an example of a pale morph, lighting on the day plus an estimated distance of 800 yards (camera hand held) is also no doubt contributing to the illusion, but even a very poor quality photo can help to paint a picture, still that is my excuse dear reader.
And so scanning in the distance is when I first noticed a hare sitting bolt upright on the edge of a field whilst a buzzard sat about 10 yards away on a small bush, a duel one might say! So much so and still being in a rather jovial mood from my recent encounter at the garden centre one just had to imagine the following scenario taking place.
Hmm said buzz now you do look quite nice oh furry one but on the other hand far too large for my taste, in fact I would go as far to say your bum looks quite big inside that fur coat of yours. Is that so said the hare repositioning itself as only a gunfighter can do, so how do I look lying down big nose. Oh la la what big eyes you have, all the better to see you with said the hare.
And so after a full 10 minutes had passed which very much reminded Alan of the final dramatic duel in the film (once upon a time in in the west,) so much so I swore I could hear a harmonica playing in the background, meanwhile the unlikely hare (sorry pair) continued to stare at each other, mostly when each other was pretending to look nonchalantly the other way.
Meanwhile whilst buzz was indeed looking the other way the hare legged it very quickly disappearing into a cloud of dust at which point Buzz flew down and began to inspect the ground where the hare had sat previously looking very forlorn into the distance as only a demented buzzard can do.
Ok I give up said Buzz, at which point it decided to do a splash dive on the top of a nearby hedge causing the thin spindle like branches to part and fully encompass its profile, hmm, it very much looks like worms at dawn again said Buzz!
Photo three in next post
Alan, observation is all
But first may I just say huge apologies for the very poor photo quality here but this is very much due to chopping in order to highlight the very small subjects in the far off distance. The plumage of this bird is also fairly standard and not an example of a pale morph, lighting on the day plus an estimated distance of 800 yards (camera hand held) is also no doubt contributing to the illusion, but even a very poor quality photo can help to paint a picture, still that is my excuse dear reader.
And so scanning in the distance is when I first noticed a hare sitting bolt upright on the edge of a field whilst a buzzard sat about 10 yards away on a small bush, a duel one might say! So much so and still being in a rather jovial mood from my recent encounter at the garden centre one just had to imagine the following scenario taking place.
Once upon a time in the west
Hmm said buzz now you do look quite nice oh furry one but on the other hand far too large for my taste, in fact I would go as far to say your bum looks quite big inside that fur coat of yours. Is that so said the hare repositioning itself as only a gunfighter can do, so how do I look lying down big nose. Oh la la what big eyes you have, all the better to see you with said the hare.
And so after a full 10 minutes had passed which very much reminded Alan of the final dramatic duel in the film (once upon a time in in the west,) so much so I swore I could hear a harmonica playing in the background, meanwhile the unlikely hare (sorry pair) continued to stare at each other, mostly when each other was pretending to look nonchalantly the other way.
Meanwhile whilst buzz was indeed looking the other way the hare legged it very quickly disappearing into a cloud of dust at which point Buzz flew down and began to inspect the ground where the hare had sat previously looking very forlorn into the distance as only a demented buzzard can do.
Ok I give up said Buzz, at which point it decided to do a splash dive on the top of a nearby hedge causing the thin spindle like branches to part and fully encompass its profile, hmm, it very much looks like worms at dawn again said Buzz!
Photo three in next post
Alan, observation is all
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