.. the chicks showed up, the chaps started to shed their tail feathers.
They know it’s game over for 2012.
AJ
Nature Gawp
Minipecks 2012… Finally
They’re a bit late this year,
UPDATE: Yeah – it seemed like they came late this year, but in fact, a week sooner than they did last year. Ho hum.
There are only 2 of them to start off with. This does not fill me with optimism, based on past rates of attrition over the first 3-6 months of their lives.
Heh.
AJ
Failwhale: Pretty good job, actually.
Ahh.. the antarctic right whale.
A couple on a whale-watching trip off Cape Town, South Africa, say they had a lucky escape when a 10m (33ft) specimen leapt on to their yacht.
I remember years ago, Ben Elton used to close one of his stand-up routines with a piece about ‘bio-diversity’ by describing the behaviour of this particular creature.
To cut a long story, short, the whale just tried to shag their boat. And it succeeded to the tune of £8.5k.
Nice work.
AJ
New arrivals
The annual nature gawp gets off to a fine start.
Five chicks! Almost unheard of for 5 to make it.
AJ
Continental Breakfast
OmNomNomNom…
Best of all, when the other ones turn up, they’ll fight over a croissant! Matey here will pick it up in his beak and run off with it, the others in hot pursuit.
AJ
Can has mint sauce?
New arrivals in the ‘hood of Jahom.
Plans are afoot. I have nailed the cat-flap shut.
AJ
ORLY OWL?
Awesome stuff…
Police have warned people not to approach a dangerous giant owl that could be hungry enough to attack and eat domestic pets.
The European eagle owl, which has a 2m (6ft) wingspan and is 1m tall, escaped from an enclosure in its owner’s back garden at Lower Stratton, near Swindon, Wiltshire, on Sunday
A Wiltshire Police spokeswoman said: “The owner went into the enclosure and the owl flew at him. He ducked and the bird flew out.”
“As it has been bred in captivity, the owl is unlikely to attack humans, but it could try to carry off a cat or small dog. If anyone spots the owl they should contact police and we will send an appropriate team with the right sort of equipment to catch it.”
Might I be so bold as to suggest…
My cats are confined to barracks until further notice.
AJ
UPDATE: Found this fantastic pic on Google: http://bit.ly/c7scmE
![European%20Eagle%20Owl%20med-res[1]](https://aljahom.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/european20eagle20owl20medres1.jpg "European%20Eagle%20Owl%20med-res[1]")
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Compare the Mongoose
Basement cat sees no need to choose.
If you’ve not seen Banded Brothers on BBC2, you’ve missed a treat.
AJ
WTF is this shit???
Snow? Don’t fuckin like it.
Bah humbug. At least I managed to dig my car out today.
AJ
We like iced buns…
You wouldn’t want to see the less pleasant things they’ll eat… shit like.. paella!!
AJ
Nature Gawp 6…
On of our pecksters is missing….
I’d like to think that the third chick was indentified as male and re-homed… I hope.
Here’s a family pic, with speshul brudder in the background.
Recall, if you will, that on 21st June, the chicks looked like this:
The full series of pics in this longitudinal study are here: https://aljahom.wordpress.com/category/nature-gawp/
AJ
Al Jahom’s Nature-Gawp – Sunday special…
Wifey works…..
… while matey mops up the rest of last night’s curry…
Is it wrong to feed them chicken tikka? Nah – I thought not. :-)
AJ
Not that I’m obsessed with birds, or anything, but…
Previously on Al Jahom’s nature-gawp:
https://aljahom.wordpress.com/2009/07/10/longitudinal-study-part-3/
Pecky Update No.4
Crap pics this time, due to Global Warming related lighting conditions.
AJ
Longitudinal study.. part 3
21st June:
27th June:
Today:
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More anon…
AJ
More nature…
Rattled off a few shots earlier.. here’s some cuttings…
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Or don’t. What the fuck do I care??
AJ
Here’s my bird, and her 3 kids…
Nature rocks sometimes…..
AJ
Al Jahom's Final Word 