Superfly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cmo6MRYf5g
Hey, well done to everyone who saw the Collared fly on Sunday, a bit like the Black Lark it looks like it was one just for the Norfolk folks.
Especially well done Penny, i read your blog and think you should definitely have your initials up for being one of the finders. I believe that anyone who is involved in the narrative, in the tapestry that unfolds when finding a rare bird should take credit. When I've been out with my good birding pal Stratton Birder we definitely have a philosophy that everything we find is a joint find. If say Steve finds a Wryneck, well a Wryneck's a Wryneck but it could have been me that decided to go to that particular site. Everytime I go out birding I know that there is one particular path that will lead to a great find, follow that path and your gonna hit gold.
Also I read about the events that lead up to find, in regard to being rewarded for being a good samaritan and think it happened on this occasion, spending a whole morning fiddaddling about trying to sort out the lost scope obviously generated some pretty powerful good vibes. Sorry if all ths seems like I'm a**el**king maybe I'm trying to make up for a few past misdemeanours :t:
Collared Flys though - how awesome is that. When I was in Poland they were really common but I was blown away everytime i saw one. Indeed probably the moment of the holiday was when the rest of the group charged off in pursuit of our tenth species of Woodpecker, I held back and watched a male Collared flitting around his nest hole presumably after a second brood. I was just determined to keep on enjoying the commonplace as its was too easy to overlook in search of the rarer - still 'need' White-backed Woodie though :-O
Theres something really cat-like about Collared Flys, maybe its that black tin of paint chucked over white thing going on but really reminds me of my old cat Bonxie (no the other was not called Pom)! He was one of those cats, you know the once in a lifetime cats and he too had a white collar that just extended round the back of his neck (maybe I'm on for finding a Semi-collared... )
Well done again Penny, now all you got to do is find one purely on your own, the lane opposite house on the hill maybe!