Planet Earth

Started by P.C., Jan 01 08 09:04

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P.C.

I have finally found out what these birds are that have been visiting our yard in droves this winter.  They are really bold and quite pretty.  They are called Varied Thrush.

  [img style="WIDTH: 462px; HEIGHT: 283px" height=400 src="http://vancouverislandbirds.com/variedthrush1.jpg" width=600 border=4]
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Gopher

Very attractive birds PC, I'd not come across them  before - incidentally I had to look them up on a search engine as your picture 'misfired'. (apart from the black edges).  
A fool's paradise is better than none.

Michel


Gopher

The picture's just come through again, maybe PC made some adjustment to it. I know Buntings, too.
A fool's paradise is better than none.

P.C.

Hmmm.  Maybe I'd better look up buntings.
Sir Isaac Newton invented the swinging door....for the convenience of his cat.

P.C.

I get nothing resembling the birds I saw under the search for bunting.  [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/konfus/n020.gif" border=0]

  Now I'm back to square one trying to figure out what these things are.  
Sir Isaac Newton invented the swinging door....for the convenience of his cat.

Michel


P.C.

No...it's not those lil fellers, Michel.  Those look like sparrows.  These are a little bigger than a robin.
Sir Isaac Newton invented the swinging door....for the convenience of his cat.

Michel


P.C.

Yea...they're a bit bigger than robins.  There are boodles of them.  It's just odd, that after all the years that I've been here, I've never seen them and now they're everywhere.  They're quite pretty.
Sir Isaac Newton invented the swinging door....for the convenience of his cat.

Michel


Lise

Documentaries on nature that's fake? Wow. Never knew about that one. I like the Fifth Estate, it's honest and very well done.

  BTW, I just looked at the trailer for Planet Earth. Wow! I'll have to get the DVD one day.

  Trailer: [A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObzQOztMaZ4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObzQOztMaZ4[/A]

  Does anyone know who sings it?
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Bill Cosby.

Gopher

I think it's Hoppipolla  by Sigur Ros (Icelandic)  
A fool's paradise is better than none.

P.C.

Wow...that's a beautifully done trailer.  Imagine 15+ hours of this beauty.

  That song in the trailer, combined with the magnificent footage filled me with emotion. [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/liebe/g038.gif" border=0]
Sir Isaac Newton invented the swinging door....for the convenience of his cat.

Michel


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