Dream birding
Very occasionally I dream I'm birding. I don't keep a dreamt birds list, although it might be entertaining to do so. However, last night I was watching a Hume's which I wasn't very excited about (so presumably I'd gone and twitched it) when a totally unexpected Red-breasted Fly came in to view. This was excellent and I was right chuffed, even though it moved rather rapidly to the back of the twiggy bush (Hawthorn?) the initial views were excellent. I could do with this happening more often at this time of year especially as finding that kind of quality bird in mid-November is not a frequent occurence. Probably shouldn't stick it on BirdGuides though, should I?
4 comments:
That made me laugh! I keep dreaming I'm hearing a tawny owl.
Alastair, I frequently dream that I'm staying at Dungeness Bird Obs but have forgotten my binoculars....
Steve, that's not a dream that's a nightmare.
Were you there the time the Alpine Swift flew round and round the lighthouse and I didn't wake up when everyone was called out? - I slept on oblivious.
My DBO Alpine Swift real-life experiences revolve around counting Oystercatchers on Lade Sands instead of working the lighthouse gorse where Apus melba flew overhead, PLUS arriving at ARC pit the same second as a three-hour stayer decided to bog off.It still eludes me at Dungeness.
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