Thanks to everyone who got back to me re that kestrel. I am sending on all your observations - I am leaning towards the notion we might be seeing jesses on a captive bird and will tell people to be on the look-out. Not that there is much they might be able to do, but it does add to the information.

Thanks again, Friends!

 

Stolen from FB... made me laugh!

Who's Your Favourite?

BF, that is quite an interesting observation. I am passing it on and will get back to you and the others re what people here think. Thanks, all!

Slainte!

 

Thanks again, Donna. That second one really shows the aerial. Will credit!

Here's one Bobbie

thanks for that, Donna! Will pass along... whom do I credit, tho??

Does anyone have a pic of Quest with the transmitter? I could then post on FB for people to see how they should look. Ta!

Thanks to Donna and Carly for their ideas... any others???

This photo was taken by a friend in Ireland, and there has been a discussion today on FB re whether it has a transmitter. First comments said they thought it had been caught in something, but when I saw it, it reminded me of the way Quest (?right) looked with the transmitter. BirdWatch Ireland does not know of any Kestrel tracking being done in either Ireland or the UK, but we are still wondering. What does anyone think? Very grateful for any ideas, which I will pass to Linda Foley et al.

A Barred owl.  

Why is he "barred"? What did he do?

 

No clever haiku
will be coming from Kitty
No poet is Ei

Or...

"Ei is no poet."

No clever haiku
will be coming from Kitty
No poet is Ei

And here's me, trying to be poetic! I like these better!

 

An Irishman on one of Scott's expeditions was Tom Crean. There is a book about him, An Unsung Hero. My Dad loved it. It is a lovely production too.

FAA waives rules, says paid-pilots can guide whooping cranes to Florida using bird-like plane.   

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/faa-waives-rules-says-paid-pilots-can-guide-whooping-cranes-to-florida-using-bird-like-plane/2012/01/09/gIQA7IYHmP_story.html On the road again, OK, in the air!! YAY

Yippee-kai-yay, Baby! Common sense prevails.

Just HOW long has this been discussed??? And no change???

Thanks, D-G! You know me and tech stuff! (ps - How's Ed?)

 

A longish piece, but still interesting... what beauties!

http://10000birds.com/picathartes-–-africa’s-strangest-birds.htm

(from 10,000 Birds)