tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post3164403960939431544..comments2024-03-28T10:05:36.756+00:00Comments on Crafty Green Poet: Blackford Pond and Hermitage of Braid, EdinburghCrafty Green Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-85972848998422391152010-03-18T06:51:28.549+00:002010-03-18T06:51:28.549+00:00You are reminding me that I am overdue for a visit...You are reminding me that I am overdue for a visit to my favourite local bird sanctuary! I'm jealous of your sightings of birds we don't get over here.Jacquiehttp://www.wildink.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-79290992596865449992010-03-10T23:17:46.491+00:002010-03-10T23:17:46.491+00:00I went to Blackford Pond today and saw the lonely ...I went to Blackford Pond today and saw the lonely male pochard! I even have (very poor) <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/golebnik/4423613162/" title="Blackford Pond pochard by Golebnik, on Flickr" rel="nofollow">photographic evidence</a> to prove it! Also there was a <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/golebnik/4423612516/" title="Blackford Pond bunny 1 by Golebnik, on Flickr" rel="nofollow">bunny</a> on the path.Howard BMEhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/golebnik/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-79242557554716505832010-03-10T15:23:33.010+00:002010-03-10T15:23:33.010+00:00Absolutely beautiful..the heron looks so stately a...Absolutely beautiful..the heron looks so stately and elegant, like a scene in a Chinese painting. We envy you!<br /><br />Claire and AmyThoseThr3Words-Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13806531718978787252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-30941542040684642192010-03-10T13:27:00.556+00:002010-03-10T13:27:00.556+00:00I have the same luck with woodpeckers. Everybody h...I have the same luck with woodpeckers. Everybody has encountered them but me.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12895984707372466998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-4814937632771052342010-03-10T11:35:00.664+00:002010-03-10T11:35:00.664+00:00I'm loving your spring reports. Beautiful.I'm loving your spring reports. Beautiful.Kay Cookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01791873464409271216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-26608554030035720482010-03-10T07:29:39.127+00:002010-03-10T07:29:39.127+00:00Captain Shagrat, actually I took the photo and it ...Captain Shagrat, actually I took the photo and it didn't need much sneaking up on, it just stood there...<br /><br />Howard - well, good luck next time you're there...<br /><br />Four Winds - herons around here are relatively easy to take photos of, and they're big birds so you can catch them from a greater distance than most birds<br /><br />Lynn - i've never seen mallards on top of houses, how cute! <br /><br />Ascender - you should have seen the shot i tried to get of the swans, didn't work at all...<br /><br />Magyar - yes we can learn a lot from watching birds..Crafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-81259589106843876502010-03-10T02:42:35.272+00:002010-03-10T02:42:35.272+00:00__What fine photos!
__Summers at our pond... I spe...__What fine photos!<br />__Summers at our pond... I spend hours, watching the birds of the water, and those that linger on the shoreline. Things, then, are learned that aren't written in any book.Magyarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834296565844877410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-24125621102849824202010-03-10T02:30:21.855+00:002010-03-10T02:30:21.855+00:00very pretty; so lucky to get the heron; when i get...very pretty; so lucky to get the heron; when i get shots like that it just when they dodge behind a tree and i only get half of the birdAscenderRisesAbovehttp://ascenderrisesabove.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-55434452095969269512010-03-10T02:29:30.685+00:002010-03-10T02:29:30.685+00:00Beautiful! I can't wait to enjoy the parks in ...Beautiful! I can't wait to enjoy the parks in our area..it is almost spring and the malards have come back to our yard...they sit on top of the houses around town...it's pretty funny.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-21864526535333973782010-03-09T23:13:45.832+00:002010-03-09T23:13:45.832+00:00I have never got anywhere near close to a heron. T...I have never got anywhere near close to a heron. That is one of my photography goals. <br /><br />That looks like a wonderful place to walk and enjoy nature.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-79179106490347081022010-03-09T22:09:59.042+00:002010-03-09T22:09:59.042+00:00You always manage to ‘out-bird’ me! I was just th...You always manage to ‘out-bird’ me! I was just thinking when I was at Blackford Pond the other week that we have tufted ducks but no pochards … and now you’ve seen pochards there. I’ll look out for them next time, but I bet I don’t see any!Howard BMEhttp://www.myspace.com/belvederemountainexpressnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-81492106271167984082010-03-09T21:33:24.871+00:002010-03-09T21:33:24.871+00:00Can just imagine Crafty B Sneaking up on the heron...Can just imagine Crafty B Sneaking up on the heron;-) Nice spring shot too. I like it...Captain Shagrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05626375707585639323noreply@blogger.com