Janet Drew
@jedrew.bsky.social
Lifelong astronomer and scientist, with an interest in birds, landscape, geology, and (almost) all things natural. For fun, consumes crime fiction, and tries to play the cello.
What is it with these birds that like to bob or wave their tails about? E.g. dippers, jack snipes, pied wagtails... What advantage does it bestow? Has someone worked it out?
November 8, 2025 at 9:19 PM
What is it with these birds that like to bob or wave their tails about? E.g. dippers, jack snipes, pied wagtails... What advantage does it bestow? Has someone worked it out?
A photo worthy of these great birds! Don't you just love the sounds these highly sociable swans make? To that end - a repost of a clip of them gathering on the Kilcoole coastal marsh: they fly in every autumn for the winter.
November 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
A photo worthy of these great birds! Don't you just love the sounds these highly sociable swans make? To that end - a repost of a clip of them gathering on the Kilcoole coastal marsh: they fly in every autumn for the winter.
...a mourning! sierra finch...
November 1, 2025 at 12:42 PM
...a mourning! sierra finch...
Extraorfinary! Was this the beginning of take-off? What a pose...
October 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Extraorfinary! Was this the beginning of take-off? What a pose...
Exactly my reaction - very Shakespearian. (I was actually thinking 'Alas poor Yorick...' - same play of course.) This heron would do the RSC proud ☺️
October 18, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Exactly my reaction - very Shakespearian. (I was actually thinking 'Alas poor Yorick...' - same play of course.) This heron would do the RSC proud ☺️
This one took my breath away. Starmer appears pathologically over-sensitive to accusations of anti-semitism. I give up on him. He should know about football-related violence. The police decision was clearly about the violence around the previous Ajax-Maccabi game.
October 18, 2025 at 10:53 AM
This one took my breath away. Starmer appears pathologically over-sensitive to accusations of anti-semitism. I give up on him. He should know about football-related violence. The police decision was clearly about the violence around the previous Ajax-Maccabi game.