Not many posts this month from me, but I'll bet that even Lee Child get's Writers block sometimes and that's what happened to me this month, though I have been posting on the Reddish Vale website quite regularly.
That's my header picture this month, I'm pleased to say!.
On to the other first mentioned in the heading today.
Got a picture of a baby Pigeon!!.
Everyone asks why you don't see any baby pigeons, that's because they don't leave the nest until almost fully grown. But today caught this one taking the sun in an old kestrel nest box under the arches at Reddish Vale Country Park.
As you can see it hasn't got the iridescent purple band round its neck or the white comb on its beak.
So I was quite pleased, it made my day, doesn't take much these days, sad isn't?.
A few Grey Wagtails down the Vale as well today, never stay still for long so you have to get their rhythm right and catch them when they land!.
Met another photographer (Colin) from the website this week, it's nice to put a face to the name and see that he's got his son interested and bought him his first camera.
The United shirt isn't quite the shirt though, not only because it's Man Utd but I took this picture from the other side of the lake and bird's have better eyesight than me!
My family of Goldfinches are still doing well and here are a couple of the babies,from the back they look like they have long tailed jackets on, but no red faces.
I have discovered what the Internet said is true and the Goldfinches now seem to appreciate Sunflower hearts instead of Niger seed and only go on the Niger feeder when it's too crowded on the Sunflower feeder. perhaps that's evolution!.
Think this is Big Daddy.
Wednesday at the Vale Tearooms, they had one of those large 21st Helium balloons in the Cafe and I asked the lady owner if it was for her and she laughed and said it was because they had moved there 21 years ago, so congratulations to them a nice couple and nice to see their hard work is paying off.
Not much into creepy crawlies, but thought I would have a go at some Macro work but not got the hang of it yet, has my school teacher used to put on my reports "Must try harder" nothing changed there then!
Was fascinated the way they went in and turned round and came out again, didn't look enough room in there to turn round.
Perhaps its only big bees that back out!.
Plenty of bees on these weeds.
Plenty of bees on these weeds.
Well that's enough of my rambling for now, catch you a little more often in the future.
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Why did the Cannibal become a policeman ?, so he could grill his subjects.
Small cannibal to his mother,"I don't like my teacher"
Mother, "then just eat your chips".
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