David Preston
@dave1957.bsky.social
Retired, hobby photographer, wool, atheist, spectrum dweller, Lancastrian, Liverpudlophile
Awful news. Big hugs to you and your loved ones. Look after each other. 💔
November 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Awful news. Big hugs to you and your loved ones. Look after each other. 💔
I think they are often kept for falconry and whatnot. Donkey's years ago there was one hanging around my local country park that was a stray. It was wearing jesses and not shy of people. Got quite a good look at it.
November 9, 2025 at 8:44 AM
I think they are often kept for falconry and whatnot. Donkey's years ago there was one hanging around my local country park that was a stray. It was wearing jesses and not shy of people. Got quite a good look at it.
You're welcome. (Just hope I'm right.)
November 9, 2025 at 8:38 AM
You're welcome. (Just hope I'm right.)
I am not an expert but my initial thought was a Harris Hawk, and Google Lens concurs.
November 9, 2025 at 8:31 AM
I am not an expert but my initial thought was a Harris Hawk, and Google Lens concurs.
That one wasn't. Very quiet.
November 6, 2025 at 8:52 PM
That one wasn't. Very quiet.
I heard or read somewhere that they were known as red breasts because the Orange fruit hadn't yet been brought to northern Europe and the colour didn't, as a result, have a name other than the approximation to red.
November 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I heard or read somewhere that they were known as red breasts because the Orange fruit hadn't yet been brought to northern Europe and the colour didn't, as a result, have a name other than the approximation to red.
European robin - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I suspect early European settlers to the new world saw a bird that was kind of like a familiar sight from back home and gave it the same name. Much like they gave many of their settlements names from back home.
November 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I suspect early European settlers to the new world saw a bird that was kind of like a familiar sight from back home and gave it the same name. Much like they gave many of their settlements names from back home.
We (in the UK) just tend to call them robins.
November 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
We (in the UK) just tend to call them robins.
Little pale blue ones? Or am I misremembering?
November 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Little pale blue ones? Or am I misremembering?
It's difficult to take a bad photo of such a photogenic bird.
November 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
It's difficult to take a bad photo of such a photogenic bird.