Gill Osborne
Well-known member
Hurrah for Bird Forum B 
I logged on when I got home to have a mooch around whilst I had a cuppa before starting the ironing and, afterwards, a letter to a friend in Germany. I've been trying to do these two jobs for the past week so was determined to ignore the clear blue skies and sun outside
Clicked on to the Northumbrian thread and what was the last posting.....WAXWINGS at Hulne Park which is barely two minutes from where I live!!! :eek!: If I ignored this I deserve to be kicked out of the Bird Club :eek!: So it was a case of grab the bins, grab the camera and leg it up Ratten Row :-O
And......there they were!!! Exactly where they'd been seen on Sunday afternoon o The shrub (some type of rowan tree with pink berries I think) was very depleted so the birds must have really been getting stuck in - it was heavy with berries last week when I was walking up that way. I was able to get within twenty feet of them and had the best views of Waxwings ever!!! :t: I watched them for about twenty minutes or so before my rumbling stomach reminded me that I'd had nothing to eat since 9.30 this morning!
So...one happy birder who'll be doing the ironing with a big grin on her face tonight! o
125: Waxwing
I logged on when I got home to have a mooch around whilst I had a cuppa before starting the ironing and, afterwards, a letter to a friend in Germany. I've been trying to do these two jobs for the past week so was determined to ignore the clear blue skies and sun outside Clicked on to the Northumbrian thread and what was the last posting.....WAXWINGS at Hulne Park which is barely two minutes from where I live!!! :eek!: If I ignored this I deserve to be kicked out of the Bird Club :eek!: So it was a case of grab the bins, grab the camera and leg it up Ratten Row :-O
And......there they were!!! Exactly where they'd been seen on Sunday afternoon o
The shrub (some type of rowan tree with pink berries I think) was very depleted so the birds must have really been getting stuck in - it was heavy with berries last week when I was walking up that way. I was able to get within twenty feet of them and had the best views of Waxwings ever!!! :t: I watched them for about twenty minutes or so before my rumbling stomach reminded me that I'd had nothing to eat since 9.30 this morning! So...one happy birder who'll be doing the ironing with a big grin on her face tonight! o
125: Waxwing
