tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33374261.post8700991350493425247..comments2023-10-29T14:15:18.570+00:00Comments on Curlews in the Goyt: Spring?The Birdwatcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05682268406484192602noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33374261.post-43166305047840369862008-04-18T14:48:00.000+00:002008-04-18T14:48:00.000+00:00Fiwa - were they snowy owls?Anon - Yes I must lay ...Fiwa - were they snowy owls?<BR/><BR/>Anon - Yes I must lay off the curry for a while<BR/><BR/>Gadjo - I seem to be lucky with the owls. Everytime I go at dusk I see at least one. Except when I take Mrs BW to show her, then they don't show up.<BR/><BR/>Kim - I really need to get a telephoto lens, but the budget won't stretch that far at the moment plus the fact that I feel like the guy in the Not the Nine O'clock News sketch going into buy a record player,The Birdwatcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05682268406484192602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33374261.post-77800844944961199572008-04-16T09:13:00.000+00:002008-04-16T09:13:00.000+00:00plenty of photos but my lack of skill means that f...<I>plenty of photos but my lack of skill means that few of them are usable</I><BR/><BR/>But that's the great thing about digital cameras.If you take 100 photos and 99 are crap, you just delete them and keep the one good one.<BR/><BR/>Then you tweak it in Photoshop, or GIMP or PaintshopPro and everyone thinks you're a marvelous photographer.Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33374261.post-40702488325689171412008-04-11T20:14:00.000+00:002008-04-11T20:14:00.000+00:00Two owls, you lucky dog! I've never seen an owl in...Two owls, you lucky dog! I've never seen an owl in the wild, and I feel deprived because I love them. However, it's probably a result of my "let them come and find me, rather than than the other way around" style of birdwatching, so I guess I've only got myself to blame.Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33374261.post-33459053591361951772008-04-10T13:44:00.000+00:002008-04-10T13:44:00.000+00:00Lovely stuff, BW. Having said that, we've been tel...Lovely stuff, BW.<BR/> Having said that, we've been telling your boss that you're in the bog each time he asks where you are but I think he's beginning to suspect!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33374261.post-18215163793963210732008-04-09T21:18:00.000+00:002008-04-09T21:18:00.000+00:00What an amazing thing to see! There were two whit...What an amazing thing to see! There were two white owls that lived in the field behind the house I grew up in. You would occasionally see them hunting at dusk - they were so big and almost ghostly looking. <BR/><BR/>The sunset picture is beautiful.fiwahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04816465372283594972noreply@blogger.com