Shetland Misfit: Wryneck

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Sunday, 30 November 2014

Collared

Spent most of the day in Bharatpur looking for one bird - Collared Scops' Owl, after visiting all the known roost sites with no luck, managed to find one at a new site and giving great views to boot. In between checking all the sites, bumped into a few other bits and pieces - several Greater Spotted Eagles, a few Indian Grey Hornbills, 2 Black-necked Storks, a Wryneck, a couple of Black-shouldered Kites and up to 8 Grey-headed Canary Flycatchers.

Black-necked Stork

Black-shouldered Kite

Collared Scops' Owl

Indian Darter

Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher

Greater Spotted Eagle

Ring-necked Parakeet

Wryneck

Friday, 6 September 2013

Stocker

Back on the patch again today, after rain overnight, migrants everywhere - 100+ Whinchat, 1 Little Stint (on a carpark puddle !), 40 Little Gulls, 5 Wrynecks, the Black-headed Bunting still, 3 Lesser Grey Shrikes, 34 Red-backed Shrikes, a Savi's Warbler, 2 Olivaceous Warblers, 1 Sedege Warbler, 26 Reed Warblers, 4 Ortolans, 8 Great Reed Warblers, 6 Barred Warblers, a Stock Dove, 2 Spotted Flycatcher and 9 Isabelline Wheatear.

Black-headed Bunting

Great Reed Warbler

Little Gull

Little Stint

Stock Dove

Wrynecks

Wednesday, 4 September 2013

Quickie

A quick look around the temporary patch this morning - 4 Wryneck, 5 Great Reed Warblers and a Barred Warbler.

Wryneck

Tuesday, 3 September 2013

Batumi - Quality, not Quantity

Big clear out at Batumi, but what was left was quality - 3 Great Reed Warbler, 6 Ortolans, just 3 Hoopoe, a Bluethroat, 5 Lesser Grey Shrike, 3 Wryneck, 3 Red-throated Pipit, 5 Barred Warblers, 30 Red-backed Shrike, 10 Reed Warbler, 1 Citrine Wagtail, 4 Yellow Wagtails, 15 Isabelline Wheatear, 1 Tawny Pipit, 3 Quail and a Blackcap.

Bluethroat

Great Reed Warbler

Hoopoe

Ortolan Bunting

Wryneck

Sunday, 17 May 2009

Bluethroats Galore.

On Out Skerries from 12.00 - 4.00 pm, the Easterly wind continues, but now with some rain. Lots of migrants on Skerries - 7 Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Whitethroat, 7 Redstart, 6 Tree Pipit, 10 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Garden Warbler, 1 Wood Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Redpoll, 3 Swallow, 1 Sand Martin, female Ring Ouzel, male Red-backed Shrike, 4 Spotted Flycatcher, 7 Whinchat, 3 Song Thrush, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Carrion Crow, a Marsh Harrier a Wryneck and 5 Bluethroats.In the Garden - 2 Willow Warbler, a Wood Warbler, a Whitethroat, a Lesser Whitethroat and a Whinchat.The day ended with a rather wet looking Nightjar at Sumburgh Quarry.

Wryneck.

Bluethroats.

Marsh Harrier.

Red-backed Shrike.

Reed Warbler.

Whinchat.

Nightjar.

About Me

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 !!!!