RE: Open All Hours - 11

Phil, We had a pair of Heron's in Yardley in 2009, I found out there were two by accident, I was photographing one in the top of a tree and noticed another sitting in the tree behind.
They used to be straight in whenever we threw out left over pizza in the morning, they must have been watching us because the pizza had only just hit the ground.
This shot was taken on a miserable November day.
VM

Looks ok to me VM.

Good morning all, we have a fine covering of snow here. unless we have more I don't expect it to last. Volty the bird that landed on my roof looked a little larger than that with a longer beak. Are Crane's a larger bird. could it have been one of those?

Phil

Thanks Signman, I brightened it a little but the sun wouldn't come out.

Only just stopped snowing.

Lovely pic of The Heron.

Phil, I don't know much about Cranes, I suspect they are very large, I think Herons come in a larger size as well, their nests on high in Portugal are enormous, I believe there are a least two types of Heron, as in white and Grey so more research is required.
VM

Have seen that big nest just coming out of Faro ,is it still there ??

Denise,
There is one at a cross roads, in a village very near to Faro, that has been there many years, I last saw it either last year or the year before.
With the new motorway as an alternative route west some of the old sights are bypassed depending on the route chosen.
VM

Have been to Faro several times and this one was high on a chimney,every year it was still there.Not been for about ten years now,must do something about that.

Denise

Stay away from foreign clime's and spend all your hard earned in the UK. We need and deserve it more than they do, besides we are helping to keep enough of them now without giving them extra.

Phil

LOL phil .

Well just got back from walking the dogs,the streets are nearly unwalkable again and me nerves are twanging with trying to stay upright,when did I turn into this scaredy cat ?