Morale booster

[mikench]

You would indeed Alan; they are huge.

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These are big too in comparison to our native species.

 

[mikench]

Those relations of gannets I mentioned John.

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[mikench]

A few more birds

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[Aknib]

A bird of sorts...

An RAF Vulcan Bomber took whilst fishing one of my waters, I think it was stationed at Doncaster and I was lucky enough to see it on several occasions over the years including one notable one when the pilot barrel rolled it into the distance.

I believe they no longer fly...

 

[tigger]

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Something a bit different......

I see a car just like that driving round chorley.

 

[Aknib]

Lazing away a late Summer afternoon on a day ticket stretch of the Trent, bare minimum of gear and rod butt tucked into rocks whilst easing back and trying my luck laying on a bait wherever took my fancy in the hope that the Barbel would oblige.

You can make out the black tipped Avon float, holding back nicely, just left of the centre of the picture...

 

[Aknib]

This gave me a memorable run around, a 17lb+ river Carp taken on the float and worm intended for perch using the 15' float rod with 6lb mainline and a 5.5lb bottom...

 

[mikench]

Guess who; Er indoors looked ravishing I thought.

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In the Hummer in the desert.

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[tigger]

Those relations of gannets I mentioned John.

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I remember one of the bullies catching a gannet which was landed on the field behind our house, gannet dog eating gannet bird!

 

[mikench]

Those pictured are a blue footed boobie and a spectacled boobie. These were wild nesting birds but they had no fear of man.

 

[nottskev]

Those pictured are a blue footed boobie and a spectacled boobie. These were wild nesting birds but they had no fear of man.

The blue footed boobie is also famous for it's lack of a flexible approach to life. If the young bfb stays in the nest, it feeds it; if it falls out, it won't, and it will starve in plain sight. A good lesson for the rules-is-rules type of jobsworth.

 

[mikench]

I didn’t know that Kev: it’s a good job they nest on the ground.

 

[peterjg]

Those bird photos reminded me of very rare sightings of the localised ohmegoolie bird - they have no legs so when they land you can clearly hear their strange song - ohmegoolies ohmegoolies ohmegoolies!

Sorry, I do apo!ogise, I'll shut up.

 

[nottskev]

I didn’t know that Kev: it’s a good job they nest on the ground.

It will starve right next to the nest anyway! It appears to be "programmed" only to feed things in a nest. I heard about it in the first of her Reith lectures, on why language needs to change and adapt, by Oxford professor Jean Aitchison. She used this bird's habits to illustrate the value of flexibility.

 

[nottskev]

Those bird photos reminded me of very rare sightings of the localised ohmegoolie bird - they have no legs so when they land you can clearly hear their strange song - ohmegoolies ohmegoolies ohmegoolies!

Sorry, I do apo!ogise, I'll shut up.

A bit like the Helawi tribe. 3ft tall people who live in 4ft tall grass, and can be heard saying We're the......

 

[bullet]

A few from warmer climes...

Big Trumpet fish



Nice Snook for a mate on an Abu Koster



Jack on a Dexter wedge...



A few casts as the sun sets..

 

[Keith M]

Those bird photos reminded me of very rare sightings of the localised ohmegoolie bird - they have no legs so when they land you can clearly hear their strange song - ohmegoolies ohmegoolies ohmegoolies!

Sorry, I do apo!ogise, I'll shut up.

Also seen in many ‘Wild West Shows’ according to the song

Along with the hellarewe tribe which are pigmies who live in tall grasslands and all day long they run around jumping up and down shouting “we’re the hellarewe” “we’re the hellarewe”

Ok I’ll get my hat as well

oops! sorry Kev we must have posted at the same time

Keith

 

[mikench]

Our last dog; much loved and sorely missed.

 

[nottskev]

oops! sorry Kev we must have posted at the same time

Keith

No worries, Keith - we can share the credit for that gem. Btw - that's some "stream" you fish!! I wish there was one like that around here.

 

[John Keane]

A few more of birds.

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What’s top one, is it an Azure Winged Magpie?