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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fozzybear" data-source="post: 1629387" data-attributes="member: 69297">Thanks Kathy, I must admit that although it was nice to see the Diver it was one of those birds I never expected to see and didn't really have any feelings about. It was lovely to watch it and to get so close and I did go back a few times to get photos and watch it but I didn't actually feel that excited or connected to it the way I did with the Goosanders that were here last year. When I saw it on Saturday I was more interested in watching the photographers than the bird, and then wandered off to watch some Long-tailed tits in the willows. |8.|It's like with a lot (not all) of international birds, I know a lot of people here get really excited about rare birds from other countries but they're quite meaningless to me, but mention a common UK bird like a Tufted Duck and I get all 'aww!'. It might be I feel a connection to the UK birds that I have a reasonable chance to see but no emotional link to international birds that I'm  very unlikely to ever meet as I don't travel - I don't get excited over rare birds just because they're rare, there has to be something about the bird itself. Bearded Tits and Marsh Harriers have it, so do Bitterns... Red-throated Divers are nice to see but don't have that 'wow' factor for me personally I'm afraid.Hmm... I'm babbling rather with these posts, it's just that I woke up early and am laying in bed with my laptop - I'll stop before I reach post lengths comparable to Tolstoy and Dumas books! |<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />|</blockquote>

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