Early trip down to the Flood this morning ... bitterly cold ... but on the plus side, a Green Sand, 2 Snipes .... not a common sight there these days .... but absolutely nothing doing in the sky ... not even any Skylarks, which have been trickling through over the last few days. But not much else birdingwise got done today ... nor for the past few days .... because The Significant Otter had other plans ... she wanted a room full of clutter and junk to be totally rearranged, all the furniture moved a bit to the left ( or right) , "revealed" bits of wall to be repainted, some of the "junk" to be taken to the tip, some of it put somewhere else, and some of it also moved a bit the the R or L. And I had to do it all. All of it. The lot.The good news is, it's almost done .... So, in the absence of much bird news, I'm going to tell you about my "dream list." For most people, a dream list is a list of things they want to do or have. But mine isn't. Mine is, literally, a list of birds that have appeared in my dreams. It all started with a very vivid dream I had years ago featuring a flock of Bee-eaters. I thought to myself.... this is worthy of listing. It's a very cheap and effortless list to keep ... that might be important to you. That picture at the top is only partly Bee-eater. It's that Spring Crosby contraption that appeared in the very 2nd post ... and it is a nifty hybrid of various bits of birds stuck together. My plan was to get it put into a field guide.... I'm certain sure that people would start seeing it and reporting it. A brilliant "natural experiment." Back to that dream list now ... The only snag is, I very (very) rarely remember my dreams. I know I must have them, because "they" say we all do. So, my dream list is very small. Very very small. At least it saves ink. And time. And paper. So ... here's the (annotated) "dream list" ... ... we all like annotations, do we not ? [ Yes, we do ] ... Get ready to be severely underwhelmed . [ we're ready ] [1] Bee-eater .... several of them actually ... all in the one dream. [2] Redleg Partridge + Black Stork ... yes, both in the same dream. No idea how. [3] Spoonbill. .. it flew over the canal with 2 Cormorants ! In the dream, that is. [4] Hobby. Sitting on a branch low down in a tree. And that's it ...6 species, a pretty duff collection. Over about 20 years. But I did warn you that I hardly ever remember my dreams .... and obviously, not many of them are about birds. They're mostly a jumble of rubbish. But ... I'm sure some of you out there have got much better "dream bird" lists than that. And I just know deep down that you want to tell me about them . Someone somewhere will have a good one ... or a rubbish one. I don't care. It's the process that counts, not the result ... and now, remarkably , here's The Wannadies with "Someone Somewhere. " !! Nifty eh ?
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