tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post4091402114597219750..comments2024-03-28T05:56:52.754-07:00Comments on The Weaver of Grass: All Change. The Weaver of Grasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-70142419784864908932013-05-23T01:32:42.856-07:002013-05-23T01:32:42.856-07:00Thanks for visiting my blog - my hill view is on t...Thanks for visiting my blog - my hill view is on the border between Shropshire and Powys - Corndon & Roundton. It is lovely countryside - not quite as dramatic as the Yorkshire Dales which I love! Great to hear about curlews nesting - I hear one occasionally but rarely see any these days. Jo x Twiglethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04851717329658611598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-92110400643275298002013-05-23T01:27:08.974-07:002013-05-23T01:27:08.974-07:00I enjoy reading about life on your farm and always...I enjoy reading about life on your farm and always find it comforting, hard to explain why that should be.<br />I am relieved to hear that the heifer has settled and the blackbirds are nesting, all is well with the world!<br />Acornmoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14982884920388966786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-66831657473084782952013-05-22T13:28:28.567-07:002013-05-22T13:28:28.567-07:00Hi (waves) nice to meet you...thanks for visiting...Hi (waves) nice to meet you...thanks for visiting! Where do you stay when you visit Canada? We love everything about Canada(except the seal hunt and winter)especially our own little piece of Ontario countryside. I'm wondering if your curlews are the same as our plovers,they nest on the ground on our front meadow and have the most beautifully haunting call.<br />Take care<br />Jane xJane and Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08102086552682194819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-21178356132862102002013-05-22T11:24:01.388-07:002013-05-22T11:24:01.388-07:00Loren - a yellowhammer is about sparrow sized but ...Loren - a yellowhammer is about sparrow sized but the cock has a completely yellow head and neck - startling so in the breeding season. He is a lovely bird and country lore says that his song is 'a little bit of bread and no cheese.'The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-18618780230854307762013-05-22T11:22:15.684-07:002013-05-22T11:22:15.684-07:00Yes Rachel, you are indeed correct. It is a rape ...Yes Rachel, you are indeed correct. It is a rape field in Norfolk - they are everywhere where as here in North Yorkshire they are few and far between. I love the bright yellow on a dull day.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-57960941336512816562013-05-22T11:16:51.190-07:002013-05-22T11:16:51.190-07:00I envy your Curlews, a bird I've only seen twi...I envy your Curlews, a bird I've only seen twice since I started birding, and never near home.<br /><br />I had never heard of a yellowhammer before, but they look a lot like the sparrow I have nesting in my back yard. Lorenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03152302644577926337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-67342604582789621622013-05-22T10:37:54.930-07:002013-05-22T10:37:54.930-07:00This looks like a Norfolk landscape of fields of o...This looks like a Norfolk landscape of fields of oilseed rape. Very nice.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-68651998048525951102013-05-22T08:19:35.184-07:002013-05-22T08:19:35.184-07:00how lovely to have yellowhammers visiting your bir...how lovely to have yellowhammers visiting your bird table, I had hoped to see some today in the fields (see my latest blog post!) but they weren't around....Crafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-38241086041159681592013-05-22T07:33:23.819-07:002013-05-22T07:33:23.819-07:00Wonderful new heading photo ! What are the fields ...Wonderful new heading photo ! What are the fields of yellow ? Very beautiful.<br />I just love these stories of the different winter and summer animals at your farm.<br /><br />cheers, parsnipangryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-22034243181916651122013-05-22T07:10:39.280-07:002013-05-22T07:10:39.280-07:00I love farm stories - the lonely cow was a wonderf...I love farm stories - the lonely cow was a wonderful one. I'm glad some pheasant babies survived so far.JoAnn ( Scene Through My Eyes)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12621061028973446378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-14326323650613184732013-05-22T06:46:58.761-07:002013-05-22T06:46:58.761-07:00Yes, I do envy you your yellow-hammers. The rest o...Yes, I do envy you your yellow-hammers. The rest of the narrative is totally fascinating.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-17475973400229289002013-05-22T04:11:14.963-07:002013-05-22T04:11:14.963-07:00And I thought that farmers were not sentimental! ...And I thought that farmers were not sentimental! Lovely story.<br />How wonderful to have yellow-hammers feeding at the bird table. Each time we go out of the front door we hear the baby bluetits in the nest box just above it. It is a lovely time of year in spite of the strange weather at times.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826501916623305535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-18159770763191580872013-05-22T02:26:15.464-07:002013-05-22T02:26:15.464-07:00I think the birds are very sensible just to get on...I think the birds are very sensible just to get on with it . . . I had to laugh with the Limousin Xs, they are quiet as lambs at home, but transport them and they go berserk. So much going on at your the farm at the moment. Arijahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03720793296992474762noreply@blogger.com