Three posts ago ( #261) I wrote a long thing about strategies to see a Treecreeper in a hurry. But it was more than it seemed ... The thing is, that these days, what with old age and too much standing near to 200 watt speakers I can no longer hear Goldcrests and Treecreepers. Grrrr. So ... Treecreepers have become really hard to get. I now realise that the vast majority of my Treecreeper encounters started with me hearing the blasted things ! But now that idea no longer works. Eek. And the startling and, er, pathetic fact is, that I haven't actually seen a Treecreeper during this calendar year. Ouch ! Jings !! Damm and Blarst !!! Crivvens ! So that wot I wrote was really me sort of mulling over various strategies for me to find A Quick Treecreeper. Smartish. Soonish. Nowish , preferably. So, over the past couple of weeks I've been sauntering around various Treecreeper Hotspots searching for one ... just one will do. Not that I'm desperate or anything ... no no no ! It's hard work actually, what with them spending half of their monotonous existence on the wrong side of the trees, and those trees being neck-strainingly tall and me being way down below, and all those stupid leaves and things getting in the way. So, up until 2 days ago I had no success ... they were lovely walks though, loads of Nuthatches, Jays, Squirrels, dogs .... but not a single TC. But ... 2 mornings ago .... I went to a different TC hotspot ... and after about 10 mins, one of my recommended techniques did the job ... there was a TC fluttering down from the top of a tree to the base .. and chuntering its way back up. Ace. Brilliant .. but I only got to see it for a tantalising 30 seconds or so. But ... job done ...sort of ... in a sort of "tickitandbogoff" way. Anyhow, I strolled on and 10 mins later I latched on to a couple of goldcrests and after a few seconds there it was again .. or a different one. And this time I was able to watch it for 15 mins or so as it hoofed up a huge tree-trunk in a treecreepery sort of way. Absolutely brilliant. I even had time to take some pictures with my tiny tiny tiny pocket camera, and it's on that picture at the top there. But 'tis rather small ..small.... very small. If I had the technological skill I would put a big › pointing to it ... and just now I used my reversed bins to peer at it closely and yes, there it was ... it's about 3 tenths across and 4 tenths up, near the left edge of the left trunklet at 7 o'clock from the forklet. Another waylet to find it is, it's at about 7 o'clock from a double white patchlet on the trunklet, which looks a bit like a white sluglet. I hope you have a bit of lucklet and find it. You can also blow it up by holding down the Control Key whilst whizzing that wheelybobs thingy on your mouse. Any road up, I was inordinately chuffed. Plus, I've got an additional, but bleeding obvious TreeCreeperSpottingTip ... get out early. You know it makes sense. I don't think there are many songs about Treecreepers, so I'll put something else on for the Music Spot. Ah-ha ... I've remembered something ... something that looks like a Treecreeper-Spotting-Expotition .... here we go ... take your anti-dizzying tablets NOW ... here's Gruff Rhys, once voted Sexiest Male in the World , and the invigorating "Epynt" ... Epynt, Epynt
Mae'r dewis yn dod yn gynt ac yn gynt Wyt ti isho brenhines Neu hen awdures? Epynt, Epynt Calonnau'n curo yn gynt ac yn gynt Wyt ti isho dyfodol? Neu dim ond gorffennol? Gwario, gwario Beth sy'n well gen ti wario, wario? Dy blastig neu bapur Neu dim o gwbl Dewis, dewis Dyro i mi fy newis, newis Dw i'n dewis dim, Dim dime, dim
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