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It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world. -
a great escape by all accountsAccording to the best estimates of astronomers there are at least one hundred billion galaxies in the observable universe. -
A nice photo but a shame that the BBC news rate it higher than the appointment of one Sir Simon Rattle to the LSO which doesn't even rate a mention..
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Sir Si was quite high up on the news site this morning, but The Woodpecker And The Weasel have overtaken it on the Most Popular: Shared & Read listsOriginally posted by pastoralguy View PostA nice photo but a shame that the BBC news rate it higher than the appointment of one Sir Simon Rattle to the LSO which doesn't even rate a mention..
It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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Gives a new meaning to the phrase 'Take-Away Food' - when your intended food starts flapping and takes YOU away...
(Reminds me of some Christmas lunches when my grandmother hadn't cooked the turkey anything like enough....
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"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Originally posted by Caliban View Post
We had one of those. Nine open mouths seated round the table waiting to be fed: we had the baked ham instead, and jolly tasty it was!Originally posted by Caliban View Post(Reminds me of some Christmas lunches when my grandmother hadn't cooked the turkey anything like enough....)It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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I'm skeptical: that woodpecker looks stuffed to me.Originally posted by french frank View PostComment
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I always knew that Woodpeckers were headbangers!Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View PostComment
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"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Very glad to read this.Originally posted by Caliban View Post
Following a tumble in the grass of the East London park, the green woodpecker managed to escape the small weasel who later ran offComment
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It's not a fake then?Don’t cry for me
I go where music was born
J S Bach 1685-1750Comment
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See Caliban's #9, Bbm.Originally posted by Brassbandmaestro View Post[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]Comment
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And I certainly didn't think it looks 'stuffed' - to capture a shot like that, especially with that whopping telescopic lens, needs the fastest possible shutter speed. Who wouldn't look stuffed if photographed at (EA will know exactly) something like one thousandth of a second?!It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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wouldn't Mr Weasel have started tucking into his in-flight meal, or was he just enjoying the ride (or momentarily surprised/not hungry/hanging on for dear life) ?Comment
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It's certainly not fake! An entirely plausible scenario - green woodpeckers spend much of their time on the ground, looking for ants, weasels (and stoats for that matter) are extremely voracious. The woodpecker is too big for it to swallow (it would have to chew it well first ) but the blood would make a good meal.
Re mercia's - my thought too, he would have been after the nearest blood vessel if only he could have found his way past the feathers.Comment
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