Industrious as it doubtless is, the hoverfly was definitely feeling a whole lot less stress than me in the garden at Dempsey Towers this morning - it was bad enough delaying the scoot south for the Nighthawk ( trees and hedges to slash), but when the news of the empidonax flycatcher in Pasty Valley, Cornwall, broke, the air was bluer than an Evertonian's billies.
Everyone is saying its Alder, (presumably so that it can be ticked) - but as I recall these birds on the eastern seaboard of the states in autumn often confound even Yankee experts, so we'll see what happens to this one....whenever I watched 'em at Cape May, folks just said "empidonax" and scurried away.
October sunshine brought out the butterflies with a few Red Admirals and a single hyperactive Comma on the ivy, and birdwise, from 10am to 1pm I had 5 Jays, 3 Greater 'Peckers, 17 Meadow Pipits, 2 Grey Wagtails, 2 Pied Wags, 8 Skylarks, 2 Sprawks and a Mistle Thrush over as I cut back the Amazonian vegetation.
Goldcrests, Robins and Wrens in the garden, and just before dusk a few flights of Pinkies heading northwards towards the marsh.
Eyes to the skies everyone, eyes to the skies...
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Hi, John.
Love the blog and the photos! I live near a school and our house backs onto Haydock Racecourse driveway, and over the last couple of weeks I've noticed a lot of crow action! There seems to be loads of them about, flocking together at the school and flying over our house calling loudly.
What are they up to at this time of year?
Thanks,
Nic
Bloody typical !!!
Marshside's supposed finest, (I presume you mean finest pint-downers) cos' your certainly not the finest Lancashire Atlas tetraders, yer shower of *******. You can go all the way to Ireland to tick off a Little Blue 'Eron yer ave all seen anyway many times, just to boost yer British Land of Hope and Glory List - and now I assume Ireland list.
But yer couldn't even do your local tetrads after promising to do so.
Yer should all have a Little Blue Heron's bill shoved up yer *****
So many questions - first off...John B, envy is a terrible thing, and certainly not an attractive trait in a gentleman of your advanced years.
Show some decorum (or book a boat to Ireland like everyone else)
Secondly, thanks for the DVD offer Nigel, I'll give you a bell.
And thirdly, Nic, crows tend to flock together at this time of year, most species are communal anyway, but there is also a passage of corvids in autumn, so it's hard to say exactly what your birds are up to.
Love and kisses everyone, I'm off to Cornwall!