A fascinating insight into avian ancestors (from the BBC)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14466814

[CHIRPY BIRD-DAY, GLORIA!Celebrate!]

CHIRPY BIRD-DAY, GLORIA!

Celebrate!

 

Cover and boil gently for 15 minutes.

In fact, the iim7, V7 progression ("two-five," as it's commonly known) - sometimes followed by the tonic chord ("two-five-one") - is probably the most important progression in jazz.

Easy to see why you got your "name", BirdMusic!! Lovely.

The Python code itself may be entered into a text file, stored in a database, fetched from an HTML page, parsed from an XML document, and so on.

I was gonna post that!!

Aaaaaarrrrrrrgh! STILL won't let me in! I will restart...

No. Lanner falcon and peregrine falcon are two different species.

Thanks, Annette. My untrained eye was thinking there was a difference - now I know!

(Looks like you and I - and MAK! - are the only ones up this morning.)

 

Meant to ask re that film - is the Lanner Falcon the same as the Peregrine Falcon?

Whatever it was - frog or lizard - it is now "brown bread" (Cockney rhyming slang = dead). Gotta say it is just a tad nervous-making, seeing them flapping around on that cliff-face! When they fledge, they better FLEDGE!

[MAKfalcon (MAK):]

MAKfalcon (MAK): B on FCT  2nd arm YAY  all Rochester falcons accounted for. PHEW!

Link:
http://twitter.com/MAKfalcon/statuses/99833708214882304

  Excellent hunting!

Yay, MAK!!!

Donna, how is Chewey doing with the eggs?  How many has she laid?   Is she sitting on them? 

My questions too, Donna. Hope Chewy is doing well - AND "her" mom!

"And where do you think YOU are going, Young Man!?"

Imagine that! The things we are learning!

We are now watching for this ourselves here in Ireland. It looks so dreadful on the poor creatures. And as migration season begins, who knows where the spread could go. Add that to a disease which is affecting our finches, and this does not bode well.

[NORA!!CHIRPY BIRD-DAY!!Slainte!!]

NORA!!

CHIRPY BIRD-DAY!!

Slainte!!

 

How bad was THIS!?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14393667