...and it's all true...well, it was true yesterday when all this happened .... [1] I "got" the first Chiffchaff of the year .... well, of "my" year anyway. [2] Later, at Grumbling Stumps,someone asked me " what that loud bird was" .. So I told them it was a Cetti's Warbler. And they said .. " No it isn't." Then they walked off. They said it in a snooty, dismissive sort of way. I felt a bit miffed. [3] Then I spotted a whole load of parents and children in a big barbed-wire- fenced enclosure. I thought it was a bit odd, but it's a good idea in my opinion. [4] Then I zoomed in on a peculiar "call" ... the closer I got, the peculiarer it got. Someone else was also in the same boat ... she had no idea what it was either. We both hung around trying to make some sense of this farcical cacophony..and eventually gave up . The stupid thing stayed out of sight. We discussed this whole thing of " knowing enough to know it's something odd" which only comes with years of experience and/or being a total twit-brained prannock. [5] Back at the " Cetti's Warbler Encounter Experience" there was a group of people listening to it. They were discussing what it might be. Readers ... I did not stick my hooter in this time ... I just walked on by ! [6] On the way back I dropped in at a sure-fire, 100% reliable Sand Martin site .... and yes, there were no Sand Martins. Not one. Nada. Nichts.Dim byd. Aucun. A typical Day in the Real World. No Triumph, no Tragedy. And to round it all off, here's the Stranglers with their take on " Walk on By" Maybe this was a better choice .... using "días raros" in the sense of "strange days" ...and before anyone has a go at me, día is one of the few Spanish words which end with -a but are masculine .... so there ! You might want to song along with it .... who wouldn't ? ....
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