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[Grousemore]

Sounds a good day nonetheless Larry...saw my one and only Western Kingbird in Florida,where they're certainly not common.
Hope to add to my BF List next week down in Devon with a few indigenous reprobates!

 

[Larry Lade]

"phalarope" is highly migratory. The trouble is, there is no set pattern to her migrations. She may go any of the four directions at any given time of the year. So the chances of being able to "tick" this rather elusive species are well, chancy! She may be on Attu or then again possibly in South Africa, perhaps you could catch this species in Central America. I guess she is in the "cosmopolitan" genre.

I guess maybe I will have to try for a "tero"!

 

[pduxon]

Just discovered that Deboo and I dipped each other today!!

 

[deboo]

Yards from a Duxon!...looking at the same LRP!!

Gutted Dave.

 

[pduxon]

Personally I reckon the LRP was probably better looking than both of us!! Well definitely me!!

 

[Larry Lade]

One more "tick" that I had forgotten about, Steve Kinder. That makes four on my list now.

 

[ashrich]

Hi everyone , got my very first BF tick today ...........Helenol , a very pleasant experience it was too !! . Nice to put a face to name .

Ashley.

 

[helenol]

Hi everyone , got my very first BF tick today ...........Helenol , a very pleasant experience it was too !! . Nice to put a face to name .

Ashley.

Thanks for that Ashley! Don't forget Marlow gravel pits.

Another tick for me: Ashrich.

 

[Larry Lade]

I must be getting old! I just remembered another BF Member who I can add to my list. Ted Vawter, he was in Saint Joseph around Christmas time and helped out with the Christmas Bird Count (CBC) for our area. So I am up to FIVE.

 

[helenol]

On 7 at the mo. Hope to add to that this weekend.

 

[Andrew]

On 7 at the mo. Hope to add to that this weekend.

Got a great idea for Devon Bash! We all wear BF caps and play hide and seek. That way no one can accuse us of getting our ticks too easily!

 

[helenol]

I don't own a BF cap!

 

[Andrew]

I don't own a BF cap!

Fieldcraft will have to come into it then. My tactics will be to watch for birders asking people where the nearest computer is!

 

[helenol]

Fieldcraft will have to come into it then. My tactics will be to watch for birders asking people where the nearest computer is!

Yeah, that'll be me. I'll bring the laptop.

 

[Bluetail]

I'll just ask everyone how big their list is. If they give a number under 20, Bob's your uncle.

 

[Larry Lade]

Jason,

"Bob's your uncle", is that some sort of British expression that we on this side of the pond would not have an inkling about?

 

[Bluetail]

Hi Larry. Yes, it's a British expression meaning, roughly, QED. Hang on, that's a Latin one... Well... maybe you could substitute "sorted"!

 

[helenol]

I'll just ask everyone how big their list is. If they give a number under 20, Bob's your uncle.

huh? That's gone over my head...

 

[Larry Lade]

Hi Jason,

Your last post did not help me a great deal in trying to get your meaning.

But, Q.E.D., quod erat demonstrandum, which was [is] to be shown

Maybe if one's BF List is "over" 20, then "Bob's your uncle"!

"sorted" ??

 

[Andrew]

The Penguin Dictionary of English Idioms' definition is . . .

and Bob's your Uncle! Now you have what you want. When the young Balfour was given a ministerial post by his uncle, Lord Robert Salisbury, the prime minister, member's of the opposition said "Bob's your uncle'. Meaning with such an uncle he could have whatever he wanted.