Friday, 20 January 2012
sore feet
this Sunday, as a prelude to the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch myself, the self-proclaimed 'local nerd' and his little brother will be trudging around their local patch hoping to buck the trend and get over 46 species in a day. this foot-murdering experience is a way of keeping track of the local birds. it all started last may, we did a sponsored bird race and raised £171 for the RSPB with our total of 46. hopefully we can beat that this time! wish us luck - and hope my feet survive!!!!
Saturday, 14 January 2012
hidden world
walking along the road, looking in the hedge, i spotted a little nest, beatifully crafted to house the next generation of birds through their infancy. this sight sparked a thought in me, winter birding has many benefits, including bare hedges, giving rise to nosey-parkers like me to spy on the hidden world of the birds.
it also reminded me of the other benefits of birding in general, specifically birding make one more observant. it makes you look more closely at the world you live in . it also gives you the knowledge to help protect that world.
i thought long and hard about what to call this post, secret world or hidden world? in the end i setttled on hidden world as it is secret only to those who do not understand it or do not wish to understand it. it is hidden within it's self you have to hold the key to unlock it's charms to be able to tempt it out. i am proud to be a birder, proud to have been chosen to be one of the select few who hold the key to these hidden worlds. i am proud to have been given the grit around which i can build the pearl of my knowledge of the hidden world. however i know that others would not understand this, so when i'm at school i generally hide my delight in the hidden world because many would 'skit' it. more fool them, i say. they ought to pay more atttention to their surroundings, it's their generation who is going to have the challenge of hauling the world out of the evironmantal mess it's slipping into. how can they do that if they do not understand their world?
i am sad to see how few young birders there are, i think this is due largely to the perception that birding is 'uncool' and 'nerdy', but also due to the exceptional amount of technology around the youth of today, they think being sat infront of a screen for hours on end is more productive than getting out there and learning about our world.
so what are you doing there reading this - get out there!!!!
it also reminded me of the other benefits of birding in general, specifically birding make one more observant. it makes you look more closely at the world you live in . it also gives you the knowledge to help protect that world.
i thought long and hard about what to call this post, secret world or hidden world? in the end i setttled on hidden world as it is secret only to those who do not understand it or do not wish to understand it. it is hidden within it's self you have to hold the key to unlock it's charms to be able to tempt it out. i am proud to be a birder, proud to have been chosen to be one of the select few who hold the key to these hidden worlds. i am proud to have been given the grit around which i can build the pearl of my knowledge of the hidden world. however i know that others would not understand this, so when i'm at school i generally hide my delight in the hidden world because many would 'skit' it. more fool them, i say. they ought to pay more atttention to their surroundings, it's their generation who is going to have the challenge of hauling the world out of the evironmantal mess it's slipping into. how can they do that if they do not understand their world?
i am sad to see how few young birders there are, i think this is due largely to the perception that birding is 'uncool' and 'nerdy', but also due to the exceptional amount of technology around the youth of today, they think being sat infront of a screen for hours on end is more productive than getting out there and learning about our world.
so what are you doing there reading this - get out there!!!!
Monday, 9 January 2012
new photo input
my birding friend and local nerd (who got me into birding) has been pestering me into putting his photos on to my blog here they are: http://talesfromateenagetwitcher.blogspot.com/p/my-photos.html all photo maked AR are not mine
p.s sorry some of my photo's have dissapeared, my camera dosent like my computer (they make eachother constapated!) i'll look into it!
p.p.s the local nerd is also a mushroom fanatic (strange, i know) so i apologise, i'm just doing it for a quite life!!!!!! :)
p.s sorry some of my photo's have dissapeared, my camera dosent like my computer (they make eachother constapated!) i'll look into it!
p.p.s the local nerd is also a mushroom fanatic (strange, i know) so i apologise, i'm just doing it for a quite life!!!!!! :)
Friday, 6 January 2012
Shocking News!
just a short post but i have some shocking news...I've not yet got a collared dove on my year list! help!
Monday, 2 January 2012
Happy New Year?
having finally ended 2011 on a grand total of 138 species on my year list and 149 on my life, i was hoping to start 2012 on a similar high note; however, having decided with my friend to have a friendly bird race, just to see who had the most birds at the end of new year's day, i couldnt help adding a competative edge, so felt my loss more. 18 birds to 29 on our respective patches and 18 birds to 34 on our respective day lists. i failed spectacularly! :(
that loss still fresh in my mind i'm hoping to get my year list off the ground with a trip to lake this afternoon (red brested meganser, a skein of geese or two, swans, finches, and posibly even a bramling) i just need to persuade my mum it's not actually that cold outside. wish me luck - i'll keep you posted...
that loss still fresh in my mind i'm hoping to get my year list off the ground with a trip to lake this afternoon (red brested meganser, a skein of geese or two, swans, finches, and posibly even a bramling) i just need to persuade my mum it's not actually that cold outside. wish me luck - i'll keep you posted...
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