• Close-up of a hunter/gatherer!

    From David Brooks@21:1/5 to All on Mon Apr 11 10:37:11 2022
    Filmed by my wife in our garden as she was in process of digging a hole
    to plant a Delphinium! The bird had no fear of her whatsoever.

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/cb70dxf2ucbek86/Blackbird.MOV?dl=0

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    Kind regards,
    David

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  • From Whisky-dave@21:1/5 to David Brooks on Mon Apr 11 04:03:36 2022
    On Monday, 11 April 2022 at 10:37:18 UTC+1, David Brooks wrote:
    Filmed by my wife in our garden as she was in process of digging a hole
    to plant a Delphinium! The bird had no fear of her whatsoever.

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/cb70dxf2ucbek86/Blackbird.MOV?dl=0

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    Kind regards,
    David

    Quite amazing how many it can pick up in a session. A bit like going to the bar and carrying as many pints back without dropping them.

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  • From Magani@21:1/5 to David Brooks on Mon Apr 11 16:39:41 2022
    On Monday, 11 April 2022 at 7:37:18 pm UTC+10, David Brooks wrote:
    Filmed by my wife in our garden as she was in process of digging a hole
    to plant a Delphinium! The bird had no fear of her whatsoever.

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/cb70dxf2ucbek86/Blackbird.MOV?dl=0

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    Kind regards,
    David

    Just think, if you had another three and twenty blackbirds, you could open a royal pie shop.
    :-)

    Cheers,
    Magani

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  • From RichA@21:1/5 to David Brooks on Wed Apr 13 20:33:08 2022
    On Monday, 11 April 2022 at 05:37:18 UTC-4, David Brooks wrote:
    Filmed by my wife in our garden as she was in process of digging a hole
    to plant a Delphinium! The bird had no fear of her whatsoever.

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/cb70dxf2ucbek86/Blackbird.MOV?dl=0

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    Kind regards,
    David

    Because it saw the movie, "The Birds." There are about 50 billion birds on Earth.

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  • From David Brooks@21:1/5 to RichA on Thu Apr 14 10:54:58 2022
    On 14/04/2022 04:33, RichA wrote:
    On Monday, 11 April 2022 at 05:37:18 UTC-4, David Brooks wrote:
    Filmed by my wife in our garden as she was in process of digging a hole
    to plant a Delphinium! The bird had no fear of her whatsoever.

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/cb70dxf2ucbek86/Blackbird.MOV?dl=0

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    Kind regards,
    David

    Because it saw the movie, "The Birds." There are about 50 billion birds on Earth.

    You're showing your age, RichA! ;-)

    Thanks for watching.

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  • From David Brooks@21:1/5 to Whisky-dave on Thu Apr 14 10:51:53 2022
    On 14/04/2022 10:17, Whisky-dave wrote:
    On Thursday, 14 April 2022 at 04:33:11 UTC+1, RichA wrote:
    On Monday, 11 April 2022 at 05:37:18 UTC-4, David Brooks wrote:
    Filmed by my wife in our garden as she was in process of digging a hole
    to plant a Delphinium! The bird had no fear of her whatsoever.

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/cb70dxf2ucbek86/Blackbird.MOV?dl=0

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    Kind regards,
    David
    Because it saw the movie, "The Birds." There are about 50 billion birds on Earth.

    I wonder how many of them are in the Sky ;-)

    I nearly posted the exact same thing!
    Now I'm glad I didn't! ;-)

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  • From Whisky-dave@21:1/5 to RichA on Thu Apr 14 02:17:44 2022
    On Thursday, 14 April 2022 at 04:33:11 UTC+1, RichA wrote:
    On Monday, 11 April 2022 at 05:37:18 UTC-4, David Brooks wrote:
    Filmed by my wife in our garden as she was in process of digging a hole
    to plant a Delphinium! The bird had no fear of her whatsoever.

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/cb70dxf2ucbek86/Blackbird.MOV?dl=0

    --
    Kind regards,
    David
    Because it saw the movie, "The Birds." There are about 50 billion birds on Earth.

    I wonder how many of them are in the Sky ;-)

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  • From David Brooks@21:1/5 to Magani on Thu Apr 14 10:53:12 2022
    On 12/04/2022 00:39, Magani wrote:
    On Monday, 11 April 2022 at 7:37:18 pm UTC+10, David Brooks wrote:
    Filmed by my wife in our garden as she was in process of digging a hole
    to plant a Delphinium! The bird had no fear of her whatsoever.

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/cb70dxf2ucbek86/Blackbird.MOV?dl=0

    --
    Kind regards,
    David

    Just think, if you had another three and twenty blackbirds, you could open a royal pie shop.
    :-)

    Cheers,
    Magani

    Haha! Thanks for watching the clip.

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