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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Renee Redstart" data-source="post: 1315122" data-attributes="member: 28127">Like everybody else, I've had several moments of pure joy with birds, but to single any out - that's difficult. Off the top of my head, I have remembered two that I can really call special 'moments'. The first one was when I had just put out my serious feeders in the garden. Along came well over a dozen Coal Tits, completely filling the apple tree. This was a very special moment for me, and was to become the source of encouragement for my bird feeding activities. I have never seen so many Coal Tits either before or after, it's usually just the one or maybe two. My other moment was a real open mouthed gasping one. You've probably heard about it before when I described standing at the bedroom window in France, looking out over the fields in the early evening. Along came the (then) resident Barn Owl, flying over the fields towards my house. I stood and gaped as it flew straight over the house, unable to take my eyes off it. Of all the sightings of that particular owl and others, that really was 'the moment'.I notice that I'm far from the only one to include a Barn Owl in my moments. They really are something aren't they?</blockquote>