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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / March 2004They can't blame this one on cats!
Cats get a bad press, at times, over predation of birds. But this one they *can't* blame on cats ;-) See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3545679.stm I have a dark sense of humour, but I have this mental picture of a flock of twitchers, all with binoculars trained, uttering a mass "AAAAGGGGHHHH!" in unison ;-) Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove dependency on fame & fortune h*$el*$$e**nd***$o$ts***i*$*$m**m$$o*n**s@$*$a$$o**l.c**$*$om$$ Oh my. That is rather humorous in a sad way. Rather Monty Pythonish. Karen > Cats get a bad press, at times, over predation of birds. But this one they > *can't* blame on cats ;-) [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > to get correct one remove dependency on fame & fortune > h*$el*$$e**nd***$o$ts***i*$*$m**m$$o*n**s@$*$a$$o**l.c**$*$om$$ >Cats get a bad press, at times, over predation of birds. But this one they >*can't* blame on cats ;-) [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >Cheers, helen s Aw, to bad for the robin. I don't know how common the sparrowhawks are, but I, for one, enjoy watching the hawks in action. BTW, twitchers is a new term for me.  SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html >BTW, twitchers is a new term for me. Brit term for *very* keen birdwatchers :-) Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove dependency on fame & fortune h*$el*$$e**nd***$o$ts***i*$*$m**m$$o*n**s@$*$a$$o**l.c**$*$om$$ >>BTW, twitchers is a new term for me. > >Brit term for *very* keen birdwatchers :-) I suspect that they all twitched when the hawk swooped down. Well, at least the hawk got to enjoy some exotic foreign food... SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria Mail order an American Dish and alll of Britan turns out for a treat :) >Cats get a bad press, at times, over predation of birds. But this one they >*can't* blame on cats ;-) [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >to get correct one remove dependency on fame & fortune >h*$el*$$e**nd***$o$ts***i*$*$m**m$$o*n**s@$*$a$$o**l.c**$*$om$$ DANGER!!! Loose nut in front of the keyboard -jaggath- > Cats get a bad press, at times, over predation of birds. But this one they > *can't* blame on cats ;-) [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > twitchers, all with binoculars trained, uttering a mass "AAAAGGGGHHHH!" in > unison ;-) I'm as bad as you. I thought this was funny, too. I can't stand that kind of bird-watchers. For them, it's not about the beauty of nature, but it's a competition to see who "catches" the most varieties of birds. Ugh. Serves them right to see nature taking its course. ;o) SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki > Cats get a bad press, at times, over predation of birds. But this one they > *can't* blame on cats ;-) [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Cheers, helen s Wow.. people actually gather to watch, AND take pictures, of a robin??? Heck, maybe I could sell tickets to my front yard. I haven't seen one yet, and on this side of the pond, a robin is the "first sign of Spring". I imagine they'll be popping about soon, as the weather has been climbing into the 40's and 50's lately with only moments of snow here and there. FINALLY. Stacey :) >Wow.. people actually gather to watch, AND take pictures, of a robin??? Yup - the *American* robin is a completely different bird to the native robin of the UK, which is the *European* robin. The AMERICAN ROBIN - Turdus migratorius Average size: 21.5 cm Lives: Southern, central and eastern US The EUROPEAN ROBIN (the UK one) - Erithacus rubecula Length: 14cm Lives: Throughout the UK, resident all year round You can see from the above, our robin is a different species, and much smaller than the American one. Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove dependency on fame & fortune h*$el*$$e**nd***$o$ts***i*$*$m**m$$o*n**s@$*$a$$o**l.c**$*$om$$ >Yup - the *American* robin is a completely different bird to the native robin >of the UK, which is the *European* robin. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >You can see from the above, our robin is a different species, and much smaller >than the American one. Can you also provide their air velocities when unladen? >Can you also provide their air velocities when unladen? No, but I do believe that the Monty Python team had deep and meaningful discussions about the laden and unladen weights of swallows ;-) Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove dependency on fame & fortune h*$el*$$e**nd***$o$ts***i*$*$m**m$$o*n**s@$*$a$$o**l.c**$*$om$$ >>Can you also provide their air velocities when unladen? > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Cheers, helen s The question was about the airspeed of unladen swallows, with a counter-question of "African or European", as I recall, and they never actually came up with an answer, as I recall. SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria |
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