Shetland Misfit: Black Tail.

Wednesday, 26 May 2010

Black Tail.

Still sod all about, an attempt at a sea-watch yesterday produced lots of sea ! and a group of 3 very distant Skuas that may or may not have been Poms. A walk around the patch this evening, in the rain and a strong north-westerly wind - the reward - 8 Black-tailed Godwits was as good as it got !

3 comments:

Mark Feltham said...: Now this, Steve, is what I call a blog! Excellent stuff!!! Mully mentions you often btw and still calls the little black hide by the river the Steve Minton hide :) Dunno what your year list were like then 'back in the day' but have managed 130 past couple of years, tho struggling a bit so far in 2010. Did get a Great Grey Shrike (Upper Moss Side)and a Cetti's that stayed for a few weeks (Eastern Reedbed)tho in 2008 - which was nice ;); 27 May 2010 at 14:52
Unknown said...: Hi Mark, looking back through my notes I think my best year-list for the Moore area was 157 in either 2000 or 2001 (maybe), this was a time when there were plenty of new pools on the tip workings, so stuff like Greenshank and Black Wits were fairly easy (there were also 5 Green Sands wintering)and I still had access to the tip, best bird was an Osprey at halfway house.; 31 May 2010 at 08:49
Mark Feltham said...: 157?! Blood Hell, not getting anywhere near that these days, even totting up everything peeps report. Mike reckons a 140 is still doable, but that means getting everything passing through. I have an annual 'target' of 125. I get that, I'm happy. Could sure use some wader scrapes and pools again! Mind you, the way ther water levels are dropping atm, Birchwood Pool and Pumphouse could end up just that - scrapes!; 4 June 2010 at 11:18

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Sometimes I try to do things but it just doesn't work out the way I want it to, and I get real frustrated and then like I try hard to do it, and I like, take my time but it just doesn't work out the way I want it to. It's like, I concentrate on it real hard, but it just doesn't work out. And everything I do and everything I try, it never turns out. It's like, I need time to figure these things out, but there's always someone there going “hey Steve, you know we've been noticing you've been having a lot of problems lately, you know? You need to maybe get away. And like, maybe you should talk about it, you'll feel a lot better.” And I'm all like “oh, nah, it's ok, you know. I'll figure it out. Just leave me alone, I'll figure it out, you know? I'm just working on it by myself.” And they go “well, you know, if you wanna talk about it, I'll be here, you know? And you'll probably feel a lot better if you talk about it. So why don't you talk about it?” I go “no, I don't want to! I'm ok. I'll figure it out myself!” But they just keep bugging me, they just keep bugging me, and it builds up inside.I was in my house and I was just like staring at the walls thinking about everything, but then again I was thinking about nothing. And then my wife came in, and I didn't even know she was there. She called my name and I didn't hear her and then she started screaming “Steve, Steve !” And I go “what ? What's the matter ?” She goes “what's the matter with you?” I go “there's nothing wrong” She’s all “don't tell me that ! You're on drugs !” I go “FFS, I'm not on drugs. I'm ok, I'm just thinking, you know? Why don't you get me a Pepsi?” She goes “No! You're on drugs!” I go “I'm ok. I'm just thinking.” She goes “No! You're not thinking, you're on drugs! Normal people don't be acting that way!” I go “just get me a Pepsi ! Please, all I want is a Pepsi !” And she wouldn't give it to me! All I wanted was a Pepsi, just one Pepsi, and she wouldn't give it to me! Just a Pepsi !I'm sitting in my house, when a couple of my mates came in. they pulled up a chair and they sat down. They go “Steve, we need to talk to you.” And I go “ok, what's the matter?” They go “we've noticed that lately you've been having a lot of problems, and you've been going off on one for no reason, and we're afraid you're going to hurt somebody, and we're afraid you're going to hurt yourself. So we decided that it would be in your best interest if we put you somewhere where you could get the help that you need.” And I go “wait, what are you talking about, WE decided ? MY best interests ? How do you know what MY best interest is ? How can you say what MY best interest is ? What are you trying to say? I'm crazy ? They say they're gonna fix my brain. Alleviate my suffering and my pain. But by the time they fix my head, Mentally I'll be dead. They stuck me in an institution, said it was the only solution, to give me the needed professional help, to protect me from the enemy, myself !
Doesn't matter, I'll probably get hit by a car anyways !!!!