tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post2261952415617852185..comments2024-03-28T10:05:36.756+00:00Comments on Crafty Green Poet: Lovely weather for ducksCrafty Green Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-73533353841367257012012-08-30T04:40:18.716+01:002012-08-30T04:40:18.716+01:00A dribble of rain here last night - first since mi...A dribble of rain here last night - first since mid-July! Nice bird descriptions!RGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02017190779860810318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-35828744164321226802012-08-30T02:36:27.705+01:002012-08-30T02:36:27.705+01:00It sounds like the birds are congregating for migr...It sounds like the birds are congregating for migration. I read in today's newspaper that 4 out of 5 of Minnesota's birds fly south for the winter.Ms Sparrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03417670251423549014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-47423938408797789102012-08-29T22:01:19.239+01:002012-08-29T22:01:19.239+01:00Hi, sounds like a great birding outing. You saw lo...Hi, sounds like a great birding outing. You saw lots of great birds, the crested grebe is one of my favorites from across the big pond. I would love to see the lapwings. Most of the bird blinds I see here do have roofs, it is helpful to be out of the sun sometimes too. eileeninmdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00070309645796725309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-52846710306384141632012-08-29T20:52:37.831+01:002012-08-29T20:52:37.831+01:00good point there Elizabeth, I was just being fanci...good point there Elizabeth, I was just being fanciful watching the swifts and house martins and thinking they'd become inseparable friends!<br /><br />Tommaso - I love the cormorants' flight too, they're amazing birds. i like your description of the fish too!Crafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-10406900995437918382012-08-29T18:57:01.506+01:002012-08-29T18:57:01.506+01:00Here at The Lido of Venice at the seaside I swim a...Here at The Lido of Venice at the seaside I swim among herring-gulls, blackheaded gulls, terns and cormorants. And swallows over the stones and brambles in some parts of the coast. The cormorants' flight straight and skimming the water-skin is a marvel. You sometimes can see a shoal of fish just under the water-skin creating a sort of rippling vortex in a silvery breath. I don't know what kind of fish they are but I can't not think of Yeats' "mackerel-crowded seas".Tommaso Gervasuttihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17137499390434949734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-8495416869735508492012-08-29T17:53:54.218+01:002012-08-29T17:53:54.218+01:00I think maybe your swifts were in transit from fur...I think maybe your swifts were in transit from further north (where the summer has been much better than ours). We usually see a bunch of swifts for a day or two, about a fortnight after our residents have left.Forthvalley scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05128591514560815991noreply@blogger.com