I see the occasional cormorant on my stretch of the river, but I can’t think of a clever way to get that into a Frank Sinatra song, sadly.
New Stork New Stork?
What a cool looking bird.
Damn, I wish I’d said that…
I’ve only seen an egret a handful of times. But then again, too few to mention.
Now you’re a heron addict.
This is skirting dangerously close to the no ducks rule….
I make this same joke every time I see our local egrets. Approve.
Need a tattoo saying No Egrets
I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue defined an egret as an apology sent by email. They also defined email as what Yorkshire people say when the post arrives.
Start spreading the news, it’s nu not Gnu, those plucky tow toes ungulates, it’s nu not Gnu!
The other day a heron was perched on the roof of the house opposite ours, and a flock of seagulls swooped in and dive-bombed it for a good 40 minutes. The heron was utterly unperturbed. The gulls eventually gave up. Shortly thereafter, the heron departed. But it’s been back a couple of times since, based on gull activity, just not in our line of sight. (We live on a cul-de-sac with a further dogleg, so we can’t see the whole street.)
What I don’t understand is why a heron is hanging out one block from the English Channel. Aren’t they usually freshwater birds?
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I see the occasional cormorant on my stretch of the river, but I can’t think of a clever way to get that into a Frank Sinatra song, sadly.
New Stork New Stork?
What a cool looking bird.
Damn, I wish I’d said that…
I’ve only seen an egret a handful of times. But then again, too few to mention.
Now you’re a heron addict.
This is skirting dangerously close to the no ducks rule….
I make this same joke every time I see our local egrets. Approve.
Need a tattoo saying No Egrets
I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue defined an egret as an apology sent by email. They also defined email as what Yorkshire people say when the post arrives.
Start spreading the news, it’s nu not Gnu, those plucky tow toes ungulates, it’s nu not Gnu!
The other day a heron was perched on the roof of the house opposite ours, and a flock of seagulls swooped in and dive-bombed it for a good 40 minutes. The heron was utterly unperturbed. The gulls eventually gave up. Shortly thereafter, the heron departed. But it’s been back a couple of times since, based on gull activity, just not in our line of sight. (We live on a cul-de-sac with a further dogleg, so we can’t see the whole street.)
What I don’t understand is why a heron is hanging out one block from the English Channel. Aren’t they usually freshwater birds?