Posts Tagged birds

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2014-12-25 Yes, starling

Dec26
by on 2014-12-26 at 10:00
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Happy “whatever” to you, dear readers.

Today’s comic was inspired by our visit to our local RSPB bird reserve at Otmoor, yesterday, where we saw and heard an astonishing murmuration of starlings (estimated at around 50,000) swirling around above us and finally coming down to roost in the reeds.  My point-and-click photo doesn’t begin to do it justice, and of course there’s the sound of the wings and the calls too! If you get a chance, enjoy this sight while you possibly can — starlings are on the critical list and in serious decline.

20141225_murmuration(click for the whole picture)

 

UPDATE: Karen put up a video of this on her blog.

 

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starlings at home:
"I don't feel like going out again this evening. How about we stay in and have a nice, cosy murmuration here - just the two of us?"

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2011-11-30 Off Piste

Dec03
by on 2011-12-03 at 00:00
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Another one from Adam’s comic class…

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birds can't ski on roof tiles...

but that's why we have solar panels.

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2011-09-16 Fish, flesh and fowls

Sep23
by on 2011-09-23 at 00:00
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Apparently this was the only fish restaurant for miles, and we stumbled upon it by accident. It looks a bit tacky on the outside, so we nearly didn’t stop to investigate.

Click on the image (or do something to make it bigger), and you can scroll left and right to see just how flat the broads are!

view of windmills, horses and cattle in a very very wide panorama view

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2011-09-15 Fine Day

Sep22
by on 2011-09-22 at 00:00
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The horses at Fritton are in a rescue center. Karen went to pat them and tried to take one or more home with her under her jacket. If she succeeded I haven’t found out yet.

A lot of my comics feature food, don’t they? Actually it was an excuse to do an interior view of the barn we stayed in.

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2011-09-10 Broads

Sep17
by on 2011-09-17 at 00:00
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I decided to post the daily diary comics I did while on holiday in Norfolk last week. I’m planning to post one a day.

I’m finding using real paper a lot of fun — pencil then ink then erase pencil. It’s a lot easier than using the graphics tablet, even though there’s no UNDO button for the ink. And you know my drawing skills can use any help available.

In case you are wondering, Jules and Sandy are characters in an old BBC radio comedy series, Round The Horne, which we often listen to on long drives. The appalling puns help to keep us alert, and anyway I can steal the less risqué ones for Invisibules jokes.

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#198 Zoological

Jul24
by on 2011-07-24 at 00:00
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Furthermore, there are those who say Hodgkinson himself is not above suspicion…

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1. The next cage on our zoo tour is that of the Hodgkinson's Lesser Pellicule.
2. you may get a glimpse, but it is a very small bird...
3. ...that likes to hide in the shrubbery
4. and it is invisibule
5. and we suspect that...
6. we haven't got one


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#168 Bird Thoughts

Oct24
by on 2010-10-24 at 00:00
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Based on a true story. Only the names have been changed to protect the ornithologically challenged.

EDIT: fixed balloons in third panel — thanks mpj

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1. (a yellow bird just flew past) [I didn't see it. What kind was it?]
2. (I don't remember what they're called) [was it a hoopoe?]
3. (hoopoe aren't yellow) [yes they are]
4. (no, you're thinking of a weaver bird) [I am _not_ thinking of a weaver bird]
5. (you _are_ thinking of a weaver bird) [I am _not_ thinking of a _weaver_bird_]
6. (but you are now...) [...dammit!]


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