He's not The Big Three ... but he might be looking for them. ... It seems like 438 years since I told you about my very own personalised me-only way to determine the exact time when "things" got going ... that is, goodbyewinterandmostofspring, hello therestofspringandthestartofsummer ... " You get House Martin, Swallow and Swift in the same binocular field of view " It's taken me until today to manage it this year ... miles later than ever before. It's mainly because it's taken ages for any decent numbers of Swallows to arrive. Even now there aren't anything like the usual numbers, but over the last few days there have been a few more about. Plus .. various extraneous factors have prevented me from getting about much. Anyhow, this morning, there I was by a local lake and I thought " hey-up, I'm in with a chance here"... there were,amazingly, 3 Swallows around as well as about 8 Swifts and 4 House Martins ... and after a few minutes of following them around with the bins, I got all three in the field of view ... I did it several times. just to make sure. Sorted There's nothing quite like a meaningless but absorbing self-imposed challenge to keep you busy. Time for celebratory music now .... DCFC ... " The Sound of Settling" ... you'll not see or hear a finer thing all day ...well, maybe ... efallai ... ... so wonderful, I expect you'll want to learn it and sing it to all your friends ... here's your ideal way to do it ...
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