Archive for July, 2009
14-year-old puffin lies about its age
Posted on July 17th, 2009 by Chris
According to the BBC (full story here), ornithologists say they have found the oldest known puffin in Europe on an island off the west coast of Scotland.
Naturally, we had a few doubts about this story, mostly because of the following details:
The experts who were on a bird-ringing expedition in the Shiant Isles in the Hebrides [...]
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Is this a privet moth or can anyone look at it?
Posted on July 6th, 2009 by Chris
Shana spotted a sphinx while mowing the lawn earlier today. Sphinx ligustri, to be precise; better known as the privet hawk moth. Its markings presumably evolved to allow it to sleep perfectly camouflaged on tree bark. Strange, then, that it decided to rest on a concrete post next to a reddish-brown fence, where it is [...]
Filet Crochet Trial Piece
Posted on July 5th, 2009 by Shana
This was made using dishcloth cotton. I know it should have been done in something finer, but as I’m still learning how to do Filet Crochet, I went for something chunkier! It measures 40cm x 27cm.
Chris and Shana rescue the bike pump bird
Posted on July 4th, 2009 by Chris
As I stirred the coffee this morning, I looked out of the kitchen window. After yesterday’s brief respite it seemed we were in for another uncomfortably hot day; not hot by tropical standards, maybe, but too humid for feeble English people like us. Today, I thought, we shall not be gardening as we had previously [...]