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Title: Something I saw made me happy today
Post by: Perfect Windows on May 22, 2012, 09:23:21 pm
I looked up and saw the first swallow of my personal summer.  Really cheered me up.  I hope one cheers you up soon, too.

Vin
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Post by: bobplum on May 22, 2012, 10:08:42 pm
i remember my first swallow ;D
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Post by: Steve CM on May 22, 2012, 10:13:28 pm
i remember my first swallow ;D

did he taste good?  ;D
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Post by: Carl@Cwc on May 22, 2012, 10:15:26 pm
i saw the first bluetit fledge its nestbox today in a garden.

free to shiiittt all over the areas i clean ;D
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Post by: ♠Winp®oClean♠ on May 22, 2012, 10:17:00 pm
I looked up and saw the first swallow of my personal summer.  Really cheered me up.  I hope one cheers you up soon, too.

Vin

They are a bit later this year, mind you, I'm not surprised with the weather we've had. They've been here a couple of weeks (southern scotland) but they are low in numbers so far.
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Post by: mark mids on May 22, 2012, 10:30:07 pm
I tried to catch a photo of this one yestarday on the canal, its a bit blurry  :)
(http://i1253.photobucket.com/albums/hh583/markwalsall/IMG_4150.jpg)
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Post by: Fakenham Tony on May 22, 2012, 10:51:57 pm
Saw a starling chasing a swallow  down the high street today seconds after its nest fell to the floor, luckily the nest remains missed me unluckily some of the dust thrown up went over my just completed 1st shop window & fascia job :)
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Post by: EandM on May 23, 2012, 09:32:39 am
I know little about this subject which for a Country person is unforgivable but I'm awaiting the arrival of the Nightjar.
It sits up in the wood trilling away like a fax machine. Fascinating!
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Post by: Llaaww on May 23, 2012, 05:46:39 pm
They have been here for a while, one flew through the house crapped in the kitchen and flew back through the front door.
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Post by: Perfect Windows on May 23, 2012, 05:51:09 pm
Today's joy came from one of the many rainbows I made with the spray from my brush.  They surprise me every time.

Vin
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Post by: Tom White on May 23, 2012, 06:03:18 pm
i remember my first swallow ;D

did he taste good?  ;D

You beat me to it!  ;D
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Post by: jeremy evans on May 23, 2012, 08:11:00 pm
Sod the swallows damn things nest on my house every year making a right mess of my nicely painted rendering and stonework, keeps my mate a painter in a yearly job lol. Now i did think that maybe a 30ft pole was just the tool for making said swallows nests have a little accident but my daughter threatened to disown me if i hurt the poor little birdies. ;D
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Post by: Ian Lancaster on May 23, 2012, 11:18:20 pm
Sod the swallows damn things nest on my house every year making a right mess of my nicely painted rendering and stonework, keeps my mate a painter in a yearly job lol. Now i did think that maybe a 30ft pole was just the tool for making said swallows nests have a little accident but my daughter threatened to disown me if i hurt the poor little birdies. ;D

Those swallows are probably house martins.  Swallows prefer to nest in barns, caves and other covered areas.  House martin cr@p is just as bad as swallow's, though ;D
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Post by: Roy Cauldery on May 23, 2012, 11:24:21 pm
I looked up and saw the first swallow of my personal summer.  Really cheered me up.  I hope one cheers you up soon, too.

Vin

They are a bit later this year, mind you, I'm not surprised with the weather we've had. They've been here a couple of weeks (southern scotland) but they are low in numbers so far.

I also look out for these harbingers of summer and they are very late with their en masse arrival-have only spotted a handful and not a solitary Martin as yet
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Post by: Dave. on May 23, 2012, 11:39:32 pm
Sod the swallows damn things nest on my house every year making a right mess of my nicely painted rendering and stonework, keeps my mate a painter in a yearly job lol. Now i did think that maybe a 30ft pole was just the tool for making said swallows nests have a little accident but my daughter threatened to disown me if i hurt the poor little birdies. ;D

Those swallows are probably house martins.  Swallows prefer to nest in barns, caves and other covered areas.  House martin cr@p is just as bad as swallow's, though ;D

I've got 5 swallow's nests on my house - definitely swallows not house-martins - the crap that they drop is unbelievable
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Post by: rosskesava on May 24, 2012, 12:03:00 am
Swallow poo is unbelievable?

Try living on the coast. A seagull from height can cover the entire front or back of a building with one load or spray paint an entire car with doos.

Be unlucky enough to cop a low level dump and you are covered in it.

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Post by: Tom White on May 24, 2012, 12:06:50 am
I once saw Squeaky looking happy.  Someone he knew had cancer apparently.
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Post by: Window Washers on May 24, 2012, 12:46:29 am
i remember my first swallow ;D

did he taste good?  ;D
;D