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Everything posted by cragman
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Dropped foxes surely? Good going ?
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Great night, his voice hasn’t changed, still getting the high notes. Well worth a watch if you get the chance ??
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I’ll be listening to Graham Nash later when I go see him in halifax, he of Hollies fame and Crosby, Stills and Nash ?
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Let's See Your Phone Shots !!
cragman replied to mattybugeye's topic in Wildlife and General Photography
Grey Wagtail chicks doing well ?? -
Too much music in it for me. I did ten minutes then binned it??
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Ill bet he was “Neil” anyway ? the farmers do it round here, working well into the night. ?? Good luck to them, it’s a long day
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Sold mine to a lad on moochers years ago. Bought all mine at the broughton show. Mr Hobson had a stall there
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“Confrontation” it was called Fireman.
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This is a Hobson. Used to have a few of his but sold them on after enjoying seeing them on a wall. I’ve just this one of his now. That car boot picture is a little like a Mick Cawston
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Snipe chick ?? Came to see me as I sat on the moor
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But the pipit in this nest has been sitting on her clutch for at least six days before the cuckoo layed, so I’d say the cuckoo chick won’t hatch, it’ll be too far behind the others incubation wise. But you never know. I’m watching another nest on the same moor hoping the cuckoo will visit. If you fancy a trip to photograph any young ones let me know. ?
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Found a parasitised Meadow Pipits last week. Lovely sight to pull the foliage back to reveal a cuckoos egg among the pipits eggs. I’d been watching this nest hoping a cuckoo would call ?
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There’s got to be a way that people can have the BBC removed from their channel choice so that it becomes subscription only. Maybe they’re scared that no one will subscribe? I very rarely watch tv and even less the bias BBC
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Photos here, Still for sale
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They’ll lay regardless of if the host is there or not. They always lay in the afternoon and try to coincide it with the hosts being away from the nest, but it doesn’t always happen. As they glide to the nest, pipits especially will rise up and attack the female cuckoo with some ferocity, drawing feathers from the head of the bird. If you ever find a nest with a cuckoos egg in, look around the outside of the nest, there’s sometimes the odd cuckoo feather lying there if it was recent. I’ve watched cuckoos flying about and they’re always accompanied by a few small noisy birds. Some pipits almost
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Lovely photos ?
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“Build it and they will come” no need for material, the birds will sort it. This is in one of my towers in work. Pied Wagtail. It was coming in every year causing a right mess with its nest and shitting everywhere, so I put a box up over the entrance where it was coming in ?
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Grey Wagtail ? coming along nicely
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I agree with Deker ?
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Always used the Remington. The guy who mentored me (god rest his soul) got me set up with them. I’ve hit a few bunnies with them ? I was expecting the first round pop last night but didn’t get it. Always got it with the remmys
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I can blame the ammo then ?
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I’ve studied cuckoos for years and I’m still at it. Often call the males in which come at first but after a few times don’t bother. I think they must be immature birds. Watched two on Sunday actually mating so I’ve a female laying in my patch. Last year lucky enough to watch one laying in a meadow pipits nest, which was a fantastic thing to watch. She was down on the heather for 2 hours, sat still, weighing everything up. Then she fluttered a few yards, dived into the grass, searched, found and layed. I could sit for hours watching them
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I was gifted 600 of these and just returned from zeroing. Very nice round, and quiet as well. Good grouping at 50 yds ? prior to these I’m using Remington
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I can’t match that but me and the wife went to see The Fureys on Thursday last week. A really good night was had ??
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“Che sera” old lass ??
