Well, for all us top birders, all we're on the lookout for during the World Cup is birds .... there's a surprising number of footy fans who are proud of their "list" of footy-pitch birds they've spotted. The "rules" are appropriately rather lax ... you can count flyovers, heard-only records etc. The thing is, it doesn't matter if the play is crap, or if your team is losing .... there's always the chance you might get a good bird. And, obviously, in the current TV scenario, you can count on-screen sighting too. Of course, with international footy being all over the TV at the moment, now's the time for the avid footy-ground-listers ( FGLs) to add lots of new species ... but they'll need the ID guides to reap the maximum haul. Here's a few snaps to help you hone your skills .... some easy, some impossible, some in-betweeners ... This next one is a bit marginal .. is that v faint thin white line real proof it's a footy pitch ? Here's another one which has dubious credentials ... it's that ambiguous thin-white-line again .. it could easily be a rugby pitch .. or a hockey pitch. Jings !" As for this last one ... controversy has raged for years over that thing in the bottom right-hand corner ... is it a bird at all ? And if it is, what is it ? The problem is, the bigger it gets, the "birdiness" decreases ... but then again, some say the opposite... which camp are you in ? But that's all part of the fun in this wacky sub-world of birding. How is your WCBL coming along ? World Cup Bird List. That's your viewing sorted then ... but now it's time for music .... this morning, out with The Shredder usual, I met a bloke and his dog. For years I thought his dog was called Merlin ... but today I found out his real name .. Otis. And it's named after Rich Hall ... aka Otis Lee Crenshaw ... so I'm putting this clever song on here now .... as you will see, I don't need to put the words underneath this time ...
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