The Bees are Swarmin'!

[Miss B]

Oh, definitely not fun.

 

[Mythocentric]

Pigeons for us! There are an amazing variety of bird species around here with everything from Seagull's to Little Egret's (and nine varieties of duck in season), yet you can walk the length of the sea front without seeing a single pigeon. Until you produce anything resembling food that is, then you could almost believe you were standing in Trafalgar Square at times! I'm sure the little begger's are fitted with laser guidence system's the way they home in! At weekend's we quite often take the little one, Lucy, for picnics on the beach, which she loves, rather than a more formal meal and the only time I've ever seen her cry was when she was suddenly inundated by the creatures who were "trying to steal her dinner". Mind you, they soon scatter when the gulls appear, especially a couple of Greater Black Back's, so I can almost forgive them for being so vocal in the early hours!

 

[Lorraine]

Being as I'm on the water I see a lot of birds...gulls, black backed gulls, skua, shags, mallard ducks (they nibble my waterline), little blue penguins, grey herons, kingfishers, gannets, sparrows (they nest in people's rolled up sails, that goes down a treat), fairy terns, and bloody swallows. Used to here kiwi in the bush but not any more :-(

 

[Miss B]

Blue penguins? I never knew there was such a thing as a blue penguin. I just went to Wikipedia, and they had a picture of a Little Penguin in Tasmania, and it IS blue. Amazing!

 

[Rae134]

They are so cute. I don't know why they changed their name from Fairy Penguin to Little Blue Penguin.

 

[Lorraine]

They're called Fairy Penguins in Aus and Little Blue Penguins in NZ, same bird. They stand about 13 inches tall and are absolutely ADORABLE! I had a conversation with one, one night, in the pouring rain. I was, shall we say, 'impaired' and it didn't say a lot

 

[Rae134]

Not any more Lorraine, its been changed to LBP but I still call them Fairies

 

[Lorraine]

Don't blame you Rae, if they'd changed it to fairies here, I'd still call the little blues

 

[Miss B]

I had a conversation with one, one night, in the pouring rain. I was, shall we say, 'impaired' and it didn't say a lot

 

[Mythocentric]

Now there's a story waiting to be told. A lady of many talents if ever there was!

 

[Miss B]

That she is!

 

[Lorraine]

It was pretty funny, as funny as the night I met Elvis the cheezel loving billy goat

 

[Rae134]

who doesn't like cheezels? (even my kitty loves them)

 

[Miss B]

Ahhhh, like our Cheetos here in the U.S.

 

[Rae134]

a little (we have Cheetos here) they are just cheese flavoured (not cheese & bacon flavour our Cheetos have) similar texture but look like rings.

 

[Lorraine]

There is something in cheezels that makes it IMPOSSIBLE to eat only a few, it's the whole packet in one go...and the colouring! OMG, you look like an alien after.

 

[Miss B]

Yeah, I remember my finger tips when I was younger eating Cheetos. I'm more a potato chip gal myself these days.

 

[Rae134]

I like them all hehehe

 

[Lorraine]

I do not buy any of them, the Goodyear blimp awaits me if I do Same as chocs, if I has them, I eats them ALL! A Fatal Addiction.

 

[Miss B]

I do not buy any of them, the Goodyear blimp awaits me if I do Same as chocs, if I has them, I eats them ALL! A Fatal Addiction.

I would too, but my sinuses suffer badly, so I try to keep it within reason.