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Message: <blockquote data-quote="username" data-source="post: 1416584" data-attributes="member: 70211"><p>Just read a bit in Hoskings book 'Eye for a Bird' concerning the bustard...made me laugh. Eric had erected a hide on the edge of a mustard field where the bird frequented. He was just about to enter his hide when a photographer arrived from London. I quote: 'He hadn't a clue about bird photography and imagined he could just walk up, take his pictures and rush back to London'. Before this photographer got within 200 yards of the bird it leapt into the air and was away...:-O.......Eric convinces this idiot to erect a hide next to his....[apparently the photographer suffered from St. Vitus's dance]....guess wot?....when bird came near the hides..this guys wooden box he was sitting on breaks..'CCRRACCKK'...n the bustard fecks off! Aaahh..[things don't change do they]?<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>