tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912631876823815037.post725271303914521012..comments2024-03-28T11:28:56.825+00:00Comments on Penny's Hot Birding and Life!: Burnham Overy Dunes & The 'Little' Surprise!Penny Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10611815673583639942noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912631876823815037.post-29092775122772784022015-06-01T07:27:44.674+01:002015-06-01T07:27:44.674+01:00"BUT, when the owl flew it was plump bodied a..."<i>BUT, when the owl flew it was plump bodied and wide wings and instinct said it was definitely a Little Owl.</i>"...<br />Jizz works... it would have been a Little Owl... and you've made me think that the "wicking" call that came from the <i>hangar</i>... an open barn attached to the stonebuilt one... might have been a Little Owl down from the farm on the hill [500 metres away'ish]....<br />they occasionally hunt down here... and I was severely "told off" by one in the barn a couple of years back...<br />sat there on one of the big beams and "tacked" at me...<br />then flew and sat in the bullseye owl opening. No camera to hand... well, you wouldn't when you are just going to fetch something from the freezer, would you?<br /><br />French ornithologists... the older ones anyway... don't do jizz... they like photographs.<br />Pauline et moi have been having a hell of a job convincing them that we've over 100 years of experience between us...<br />we haven't been in France long enough... despite the fact that most of the birds are the same!!<br /><br />Can't wait to see the pictures for this post...<br />You didn't get pix/vid of the mad bunnies did you?<br />And Collins bird guide says of the "French" Partridge...<br />"Only flies if pressed"... <br />Pauline always comments...<br />"Where do you press them?"<br />I've noticed that the same applies to Greys, Pheasant and "Gryce"....<br />I can be walking along one of my paths out in the meadow, here, and get the same shock as you as a peasant leaps out at me from the nettles.<br />And, on the subject of Greys, I found some eggs at a "<i>Fouine's</i>" [Beech Marten] feeding point as I mowed...<br />three were Pheasant... but one was smaller, rounder and darker... Collins Field Guide to Nests, Eggs and Nestlings says Grey Partridge... your Dad will have a copy of the Guide... unless you've now got it... page 123 [plate 34]...<br />we've seen them around occasionally... usually in the field opposite... but never closer... but the marten wouldn't have transported them that far... so I need to keep an eye open down that end.<br />Hope the weather improves... and get out of that estate!!<br />I am presuming it is the gay wood you are refering to... given your comments about the fire and your closeness from work... get to Snettisham... even if you'll be out of the house more than in!!<br />Le Pré de la Forgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396822372095610004noreply@blogger.com