The Big Garden Bird Watch is looming into view .... and there was an article about it in the paper yesterday, but I wasn't impressed with it. I'm a Critical Old Hector. The first headline was rather misleading... " Feathered friends to get us twitching in our gardens " ( Twitching ? Hardly.) The second headline was rather ambiguous .. " RSPB wants us to log visitors for an hour a day" ... it runs from 29th-31st of January, and some might get the idea that you do it for an hour of each day. Which you don't ... unless they've changed the rules.... ..but I won't dwell on that. A more serious thing about it was that it had photographs of a male Blackcap, a Redpoll and a Hawfinch. One of the Rules of Birding is .. if you see a picture of a bird, there's a strong chance that you'll "see" it within a few days.... or even a few minutes. Such is the Human Mind. The very first post on this now ginormous blog featured a huge picture of a bird called the Spring Crosby. I made it from cut-out bits of other birds. There it is up there. I wished at the time that it would get into a bird book and people would start reporting sightings of it. (Now there's an experiment for you.)( But for some unknown reason it didn't happen) ( Making that picture was fun ... and absorbing ... and, importantly, cheap.) ( I think I'll make some more of them ..the Perfect Lockdown Pastime) In addition, they tell their readers that the female Blackcap has a red cap... which it hasn't. I mean, how hard is it to get it right ? It's a sort of basic requirement. And right at the end of the article, Martin Fowlie tells us what to feed them with. He's got "Martin" in there, and, rather vaguely, a "Fowl". ( and even that's got an owl in it) I wonder if there's someone in Sandy Beds called Robin Swiftdipper ? I do hope so. Well, there's O. Venbird, and let's not forget Bob O'Link ! ( As I'm writing this, a ridiculously "accurate" 327 Pinks have flown over, and some strange bird is making a noise that I don't recognise. I'm off downstairs to see if I can get a gander at it...... ) Music .. a beautiful Spanish song .... Domingo Astromántico That was the 1009th post. And 1009 is a Prime number. And the 1009th prime number is 8011.... which is also a Prime. And the 8011th prime number is 81931 .. also a Prime. How far can that sequence go ? Surely it must stop somewhere .. Everything does !
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