tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post597273097980632420..comments2024-03-27T13:34:10.184+00:00Comments on NORTH DOWNS & BEYOND: When birders get injuredSteve Galehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09459545933323958452noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-76171774194556542872011-01-30T18:26:55.337+00:002011-01-30T18:26:55.337+00:00Yes Alastair, you were there! Dave Okines was the ...Yes Alastair, you were there! Dave Okines was the strong man and Sean Clancy the driver!!Steve Galehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09459545933323958452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-87668773865269148172011-01-25T22:13:20.544+00:002011-01-25T22:13:20.544+00:00Steve,
I was in that car too, driven by a now very...Steve,<br />I was in that car too, driven by a now very well known moth-er I recall, his dad's car. We slammed into the back of a parked vehicle outside a chippy and the owner came out and asked if we always stopped like that or did we sometimes use brakes. We were rescued by a birder whose subsequent stunts included out-running the feds on the Rye - Dungeness road and producing a Kiwi Fruit on demand on Bardsey. He simply bent the broken bits of car back into shape by hand after we'd escaped the rather bad tempered folkies. <br /><br />I once had a Storm Petrel puke into my open mouth when I was taking it out of the top shelf of a mist net, nice ....Alastairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129076714821313669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-2880007459152621132011-01-11T23:11:14.198+00:002011-01-11T23:11:14.198+00:00Never caught Swift Steve, but a day with Puffins t...Never caught Swift Steve, but a day with Puffins take some beating. Hand down the burrow up to your lughole then wait until one latches on the the soft skin between your fingers then pull it out while swearing constantly. Relief when it lets go is short lived, until it lacerates your wrist with its digging claws. 50 burrows later and you end up looking like a self harming serial killer...and whenever they're on telly people say 'aren't they cute!'Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985665182124985194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-82457840235119124902011-01-10T19:59:46.133+00:002011-01-10T19:59:46.133+00:00Graham: be careful though - you can get chapped li...Graham: be careful though - you can get chapped lips licking the stamp hinges!<br /><br />Stewart: ringers in particular get done by the birds. Have you ever handled a Swift? They really are painful!Steve Galehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09459545933323958452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-74899343594239041292011-01-10T19:38:10.639+00:002011-01-10T19:38:10.639+00:00HE HE HE, I have been viciously taloned by a Tawny...HE HE HE, I have been viciously taloned by a Tawny Owl when all four talons on one foot pierced every part of my hand, I've been spewed on by Storm Petrels and that smell lasts for ages, its a good job they're tiny, I've been savaged by Shags, snatched by Sparrowhawks, bitten by Kestrels and Blue Tits, dont get me started. Once when I was a kid I found an injured Rook in a field. I picked it up to take home, its back up over and head facing away from me. It bent its neck backwards and grabbed my top lip!I couldnt get it off!Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985665182124985194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-58862357383075804892011-01-10T17:43:11.886+00:002011-01-10T17:43:11.886+00:00After reading that post, Steve, I think I'll t...After reading that post, Steve, I think I'll take up stamp collecting instead!Graham Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12908280556207762311noreply@blogger.com