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Post by The Doctor on May 31, 2008 17:04:44 GMT
As can I.
I will admit I rarely check the Cardiff webcam as I have been spoiled rotten by the much-better Derby one (sorry, Martin), which I have on permanently in a tab whenever I am online. Awwwww.
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on May 31, 2008 17:19:32 GMT
I will admit I rarely check the Cardiff webcam as I have been spoiled rotten by the much-better Derby one (sorry, Martin), which I have on permanently in a tab whenever I am online. Awwwww. 'Tis a fair cop, and I did direct you to the Derby webcam for that very purpose. I'm glad you're getting so much pleasure from them. I'm sure you'd rate the poorer quality webcam more highly if the birds were local to you. Martin |
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Post by The Doctor on May 31, 2008 17:25:22 GMT
Of course!
In any rate, I am now interested in a species of bird I wasn't previously, so it's all to the good. I especially like checking up on the Derby lot at night. And I did direct my mother to both webcams, who loves that kind of thing.
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on May 31, 2008 17:47:59 GMT
In other wildlife news, Springwatch (on BBC2 week nights at 8) has Simon King up in Scotland (which was the last bastion of the peregrine in the UK back in the '60s and '70s before they banned DDT). In week one he filmed Scottish wild cats hunting, Scottish ospreys diving for fish and, best of all, Scottish woodpeckers spurning wooden telephone poles to peck the resounding metal bits at the top. "In Scotland we dinnae peck on wood - we peck on girrrders!" he narrated... in a poor Scottish accent.
Highly recommended.
Martin
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Post by Shockprowl on May 31, 2008 17:57:16 GMT
In for a shift of the night, playing with the drunk little boys and girls, how marvelous.
Induction day at Sheffield Hallam Uni yest. Went really well. Very exciting. Gunna be hard though! *injects brain with energon*.
Got new carpet in our loft bed room. Finished at last!!! Looks great! And it means that now, finally, we can get our PC up and running in due course! Huzzah! I'll be able to Hub whenever I please! (you poor barstewards).
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2008 17:58:46 GMT
According to that downmarket rag known as the Daily Star Bill Oddie has been critisised by some TV viewers for using sexual innuendo when narrating birds mating habits on Springwatch.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on May 31, 2008 19:42:41 GMT
According to that downmarket rag known as the Daily Star Bill Oddie has been critisised by some TV viewers for using sexual innuendo when narrating birds mating habits on Springwatch. I don't know if innuendo is the right word. He just tells it how he sees it. E.g. "She's asking for it... and she's got it." And if he thinks a bird is mating with its mother or sister, he says so. I suppose they're complaining about that more than the live footage of chicks in a nest-box, one or two of which have died and not yet been removed, and are still part of the cuddling group. The families I meet while on peregrine duty often mention the show, and say how much their kids enjoy it. Perhaps the Daily Star readers think only Disney portrayals of nature should be shown before the watershed. Martin |
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 31, 2008 20:54:57 GMT
As long as he isn't doing it while talking to Jelly at 8:30 on CBeebies !
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Post by Shockprowl on Jun 1, 2008 2:01:57 GMT
I'm all alone on The Hub! Woooooo! Scary!!!
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Post by legios on Jun 1, 2008 7:49:59 GMT
I'm all alone on The Hub! Woooooo! Scary!!! 200,000 saved. Number of survivors: nil. Karl |
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 2, 2008 15:43:21 GMT
Oh no! Has some strange force of darkness claimed Shockprowl?
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jun 2, 2008 19:16:51 GMT
According to that downmarket rag known as the Daily Star Bill Oddie has been critisised by some TV viewers for using sexual innuendo when narrating birds mating habits on Springwatch. I almost spurted gravy over my nice living room carpet at about 8.15 this evening while eating while watching the live-broadcast nature documentary that is Springwatch. Bill Oddie: "There's an awful lot of noise outside. I think it's ducks having a gang-bang. Oh, God, I shouldn't have said that. In the papers again! Yes, it's three males and one female... no, turn the cameras away, you mustn't see that. Now, back to our ugly chick competition. We are talking about birds, I think..." The man's a champion, but he's going to get a real-time birdsong censor thingy like Big Brother Live at this rate if he's not careful. Martin |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jun 3, 2008 9:58:33 GMT
According to that downmarket rag known as the Daily Star Bill Oddie has been critisised by some TV viewers for using sexual innuendo when narrating birds mating habits on Springwatch. I almost spurted gravy over my nice living room carpet at about 8.15 this evening while eating while watching the live-broadcast nature documentary that is Springwatch. Bill Oddie: "There's an awful lot of noise outside. I think it's ducks having a gang-bang. Oh, God, I shouldn't have said that. In the papers again! Yes, it's three males and two females... no, turn the cameras away, you mustn't see that. Now, back to our ugly chick competition. We are talking about birds, I think..." The man's a champion, but he's going to get a real-time birdsong censor thingy like Big Brother Live at this rate if he's not careful. Martin I wish I'd seen it. Comedy gold. Andy |
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 3, 2008 20:55:19 GMT
Bill Odie is a star.
-Ralph
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