tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post784168819370611347..comments2024-03-28T10:05:36.756+00:00Comments on Crafty Green Poet: Colinton DellCrafty Green Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-29823012078582031542012-12-16T13:37:07.617+00:002012-12-16T13:37:07.617+00:00Hi Howard, one of the things I love about the long...Hi Howard, one of the things I love about the long tailed tits is how they appear in large groups just about anywhere in Edinburgh! <br /><br />I'd actually forgotten that they were once classified as Paridae. Crafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-13259118973059771322012-12-16T13:25:06.266+00:002012-12-16T13:25:06.266+00:00I’m clearly behind the times with avian taxonomy –...I’m clearly behind the times with avian taxonomy – hardly surprising, since I learned it all in childhood, over thirty years ago, and have paid little attention to it since – but it was a shock to me to learn that the poor old long-tailed tit had been ‘detittified’. My 1979 Hamlyn guide just about has it hanging on in Paridae, but I see that my recent books do indeed list it as the sole European member of Aegithalidae. In any case, I was delighted to see a little cloud of them flying around the trees at a bus stop in south Edinburgh last weekend.Howard of Belvedere Mountain Expresshttps://soundcloud.com/belvederemountainexpressnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-75176903781960400662012-12-12T16:56:48.511+00:002012-12-12T16:56:48.511+00:00no camera . . .
learning to
let go
no camera . . .<br />learning to<br />let go <br />Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10717622168200846486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-21735688389367366692012-12-12T08:01:16.717+00:002012-12-12T08:01:16.717+00:00Eileen - oh i know you don't need the camera, ...Eileen - oh i know you don't need the camera, just that it was a perfect day for photos. Plus actually when I'm doing my voluntary work I'm supposed to have my camera with me in case there's any vandalism etc to report onCrafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-1162007421307195442012-12-12T03:55:47.373+00:002012-12-12T03:55:47.373+00:00That damned haiku. Looks so easy.That damned haiku. Looks so easy.RGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02017190779860810318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-19042445531740927632012-12-11T23:09:41.638+00:002012-12-11T23:09:41.638+00:00Sounds like a lovely time, enjoying the birds and ...Sounds like a lovely time, enjoying the birds and nature. You do not always need a camera to enjoy the time. eileeninmdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00070309645796725309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-47818548009892266122012-12-11T19:04:16.532+00:002012-12-11T19:04:16.532+00:00Weaver - I'm glad the long tailed tits are vis...Weaver - I'm glad the long tailed tits are visiting you! <br /><br />Ms Sparrow - it wasn't snow, just very thick frost, amazing stuff! <br /><br />Tommaso - indeed, Colinton Dell can be thick with ice in a severe winter.... Glad you enjoyed the haiku!Crafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-54573236267978013102012-12-11T19:01:40.779+00:002012-12-11T19:01:40.779+00:00I must visit this place which, in the meantime, wi...I must visit this place which, in the meantime, will become "superfrosted".<br /><br />I think the haiku I have just read is superlative, a celebration of the urban is what I sense deeply. We all need that, let's find gold in it.<br /><br />Tommaso Gervasuttihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17137499390434949734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-65164610909376023142012-12-11T15:33:57.585+00:002012-12-11T15:33:57.585+00:00The snow really changes everything you see, doesn&...The snow really changes everything you see, doesn't it?Ms Sparrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03417670251423549014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-27397268750778155972012-12-11T15:22:14.415+00:002012-12-11T15:22:14.415+00:00Long tailed tits are one of my favourites too Juli...Long tailed tits are one of my favourites too Juliet - they are at the table as I write, eating the fat balls. They are so pretty.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.com