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Sunk cost fallacy
6 Feb 2025

Sunk cost fallacy

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Gloucestershire | 0

Here is the story of my day at the owl field: Weather: fine; mainly sunny Temperature: 5°C, but feeling like 2°C due to windchill Wind: North-easterly; 8mph, gusting to 16mph Owls seen: 0 Birds photographed: 3 Photos taken: 66 Photos … Continued

bird, Cotswolds, Falco tinnunculus, Falcon, field, field vole, kestrel, owl field, perch, post, predation, predator, prey
Different
5 Feb 2025

Different

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Gloucestershire | 0

I was standing at the road wall today next to someone I know to be a very good photographer, and while we were chatting he said that he was a bit tired of taking the same old photos, and was … Continued

Asio flammeus, bird, confrontation, Cotswolds, Falco tinnunculus, Falcon, flight, kestrel, owl, owl field, perch, post, raptor, short eared owl
Harsh
12 Oct 2024

Harsh

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

I spent a torrid half hour in the hide at Hillers this morning, where it was cold, and there were very few birds to be seen. Luckily I had the prospect of coffee and cake with R at the end … Continued

bird, Erithacus rubecula, Hillers bird hide, post, robin, woodland
Subtle
9 Mar 2024

Subtle

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

For several weeks now I’ve been hoping to catch a photo of one of the Siskins at Hillers away from the ground or the feeders, and as soon as I sat down in the hide this lunchtime I spotted this … Continued

bird, Carduelis spinus, Hillers bird hide, perch, post, siskin, Spinus spinus, woodland
Well met
8 Nov 2023

Well met

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Gloucestershire | 0

The last time I saw a Short-eared Owl was on the 6th of March 2020, though that day I chose to post a Hairy-footed Flower Bee. If I’d known at the time that it would be three years and eight … Continued

Asio flammeus, bird, Cotswolds, dusk, owl, owl field, post, raptor, short eared owl
Raptorous
4 Feb 2023

Raptorous

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Worcestershire | 0

The unholy combination of persecution, pesticides, and myxomatosis in rabbits brought red kites to the brink of extinction in the UK by the mid-C20th, and reduced buzzard numbers to maybe a thousand breeding pairs. Despite having had a country childhood, … Continued

bird, Buteo buteo, Buzzard, fence, flight, Milvus milvus, orchard, post, raptor, red kite, TDAI, TSAI, Vale Landscape Heritage Trust
Pomp
6 Jan 2023

Pomp

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

Here in the UK we can sometimes be a tad apologetic about our native birds, because on the whole they’re less spectacular than those of warmer and sunnier countries, and some of them (whisper it) are maybe even a little… … Continued

bird, Chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs, Hillers bird hide, post
Basking
26 Jul 2021

Basking

by JDO | posted in: Damselflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Wales | 0

R and I were in Cardiff again today, where Baby B (nearly seven months old now!) was his best self for us. We had a wonderful day. While B was taking his late morning nap at home, we went off … Continued

Banded Demoiselle, Calopteryx splendens, canal, Cardiff, damselfly, Forest Farm nature reserve, Glamorganshire Canal, Odonata, post
Scruffy
2 Mar 2021

Scruffy

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Worcestershire | 0

R and I went for a cold, dark, misty walk at Croome this morning, where the most interesting thing we saw was this extremely scruffy but very bold robin, which sat on a sign post and watched us as we … Continued

bird, Croome, Erithacus rubecula, National Trust, NT Croome, post, robin, sign
Showing off
19 May 2020

Showing off

by JDO | posted in: Damselflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Worcestershire | 0

After a fairly torrid morning, the details of which I’ll spare you, I decided to take a walk along the River Avon at Eckington, to see what might be about. The only dragon I saw was a very fresh Scarce … Continued

Avon, Banded Demoiselle, Calopteryx splendens, damselfly, Eckington, fishing peg, Odonata, post, river

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