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[dragonfly4jo]

I've just joined and wanted to say a quick HI to everyone before I start to read messages and try to learn the ropes...it might take me a while!

I'm from Essex, but have lived in North Yorkshire for two years now. My birding has been put on the back-burner for a while, but that's going to change!

Jo

 

[sparky77]

Hi Jo,

Welcome to bird forums, where you will find the answer to any question you can think of.

 

[cjay]

Hi on behalf of the staff & moderators welcome. You will find many experst on all subjects covered here. We hope you learn from us all & enjoy particpating on the site.

CJ

 

[cjay]

where you will find the answer to any question you can think of.

I was once asked at the end of one of my lectures at a university. "Why do birds Fly"

CJ

 

[sparky77]

Why DO birds fly???

 

[dragonfly4jo]

I'm sure I'll be asking many questions, and hopefully answering a few when I'm feeling less rusty.

Jo

 

[cjay]

Why DO birds fly???

Ask jeeves

 

[dragonfly4jo]

Thanks for the welcome! What was your answer to that question?

Jo

 

[KC Foggin]

Welcome Jo! I see Colin has done the official welcome so I will just say Hi!

There are volumes of answers in all the threads here so take your time and enjoy.

 

[dragonfly4jo]

Thanks for the warm welcome! Still stumbling around, but I think I'm getting there :t:

Jo

 

[Gill Osborne]

Hi Jo and a HUGE welcome!!! I can guarantee that you'll be just as addicted as the rest of us BEFORE the week is out! Don't worry about not being able to find your way around...just ask questions, post new threads and ENJOY!!! OH, and don't forget, try to occasionally fit in a wee bit of birding now and then!!! I'm sure that's why the guys who run BF occasionally close it down for a day or so...it's not really to upgrade it.....it's to get us lot out birding again!!!

"Why do birds fly?"..........cos they can!!! That's all I can offer this morning....works do last night..too much alcohol....tried to turn a Coal Tit into a Great this morning in my garden........uuuggghhh, never again!!!!!

 

[dragonfly4jo]

I think I'm already addicted, Gill! I've really missed talking about, and hearing about other people's birds, and there seem to be people here from all over the globe!

uuuggghhh, never again!!!!!

Until the next time!! B

Jo

 

[John N]

Hi Jo. I think Gill has given you the right idea so I will just say Welcome to Birdforum.

John.

 

[Gill Osborne]

Yes, that's one of the, if not THE, best thing about BF...being able to chat away about birds and wildlife . I don't really meet anyone in my normal day-to-day life who is also into wildlife....so when I do get to speak to someone who IS then it's very hard to actually shut me up!!! I work in a quite busy shop and have one customer who is also a birder so whenever he comes in we, quite naturally, swop sightings of what we've seen...he keeps trying to wind me up about Peregrines on my local patch!!! Of course the other staff keep teasing me about talking to him...they just won't have it that it's perfectly innocent!!!
Went out today to try to recover from last night.....still feel yucky!!! Sorry Liver!!!.........but what should I expect??? I'm normally tipsy after two halves...think I had a lot more than that!!! Serves me right!!! Probably won't have another alcoholic drink till about Christmas...honest, I'm just not a drinker B ...especially at the moment!!!

 

[dragonfly4jo]

Thanks John...I think I'm really going to like it here!

Jo

 

[cjay]

Whay not Come and join us in the Drunken Bustard in chat

 

[dragonfly4jo]

I used to do a lot of birding when I lived in Essex, Gill, and I had quite a few birding friends and a brilliant local patch! But since I moved up here two years ago I've been so busy with work, and haven't met anybody with the same interests as me, and I don't drive, so it's in the garden, or on the way to and home from work, walking my dogs, or day trips to the coast when I see my birds.
There's plenty to see (watched a beautiful Barn Owl hunting tonight while walking the dogs!) but I do miss my old haunts from down south, and the companionship of other birders. I'm trying to get my daughter more enthusiastic, and she does love birds, she just not as passionate about them as I am!

Jo

 

[christineredgate]

Hi,Jo,A quick welcome to BF,you will learn lots and no matter how silly your question may sound to you,don't be afraid to ask,there are some very canny folks here!!
Christine

 

[dragonfly4jo]

Thanks Christine, and my first question is....why does the little bird silhouette flash on some of the messages?

Jo

 

[christineredgate]

Jo,I am totally the wrong person to whom you should address a question re technology,but I think it means that people are using that particular thread,in other words ,it is active,if i have given the wrong answer someone will very quickly step in with the correct one.If it is correct ,I claim 3 Brownie points!!.
Christine