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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mauricek" data-source="post: 1145647" data-attributes="member: 19582">The wonderfuL photos by Baz have inspired me to write this thread.Incidents like these are the serredipity bonuses for birders and overide your initial target..There are many "tales of the unexpected".Savour them.PISHING?;This is achieved by wettig the back of your hand and sucking it to make soft squeaks or you can try pursing your lips and  making soft kissing noises.You should be trying to make the sound of voles or rabbits etc. suckling from mum. It has has been said that stoats have poor eyesight but that is not true.They hunt  by scent and sound so,although they may seem oblivious to anything else.they can see well enough.As you see on Baz's photo's it has"upped periscope"to look about it.This info. really works as I'm sure some of you already know.I remember pishing one out of a wall that came too close for me to focus with the camera /lens that I was using.So close ,I thought it might disappear up my aperture.This has taken me exactly an hour to type.Somebody read it PLEASE LOL                    MAURICE      sorry baz,this was meant to be a new thread</blockquote>