tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240676321733891654.post4222196359976491321..comments2022-11-12T09:53:35.542-05:00Comments on Salamander Dreams: Knitting + Some Birding, Tooamyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02429539000041713324noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240676321733891654.post-49783228976390667502012-05-10T22:27:09.434-04:002012-05-10T22:27:09.434-04:00Azami is great! I've not seen it before. I tru...Azami is great! I've not seen it before. I truly think that'll be a great design for you. Perfect.<br /><br />Love the mitts. So 'on theme' for you. I may have to consider them next from that book.Bellshttp://bellsknits.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240676321733891654.post-82983813724390340072012-05-07T14:04:44.808-04:002012-05-07T14:04:44.808-04:00We have a ton of woodpeckers right now. More tha...We have a ton of woodpeckers right now. More than normal, I think. The map says the catbirds migrate down here in the winter, but I don't think I've ever seen one.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16522601750496008817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240676321733891654.post-19649263166388695762012-05-07T08:37:05.071-04:002012-05-07T08:37:05.071-04:00Oh, I love those mitts. They're gorgeous!Oh, I love those mitts. They're gorgeous!Jodi Wileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05380072896469532433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240676321733891654.post-57634023789596224942012-05-06T21:34:01.223-04:002012-05-06T21:34:01.223-04:00Karen, I'm a bit jealous of the rose-breasted ...Karen, I'm a bit jealous of the rose-breasted grosbeaks! As for the songs, my hearing is better than my eyesight. When I was taking ornithology in college, I had a hard time spotting the birds up in the trees that everyone else seemed to see easily, so I tried to focus on the songs. (At the time I lived in the city, too, and outside of class all I heard was the mockingbird mimicking a backfiring engine and the like.) But that was years ago, and when we moved here and I started hearing all these songs again and they'd tug at my head. I still knew lots of them, but I've had to go searching for many of them. I know enough to narrow it down, usually. Tonight I overcooked the asparagus because I was trying to figure out which buzzy warbler I was hearing. (I'm still not sure.)<br /><br />Shell, I'll have to go look many of those up, mainly all the tits you mentioned plus the jackdaw. I recently learned via a photo in the Flickr embroidery group that goldfinches on your side of the pond have red faces! I was all, THAT'S not a goldfinch, until I checked where the embroiderer lived, and it was the UK. Ok then!amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02429539000041713324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240676321733891654.post-32539194127694087342012-05-06T19:57:35.107-04:002012-05-06T19:57:35.107-04:00Love your mittens(even the wobbly thumb) and the c...Love your mittens(even the wobbly thumb) and the colour combo it just lovely! :)lamina@do a bithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02262455180696949074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240676321733891654.post-75835429485534127042012-05-06T18:56:10.145-04:002012-05-06T18:56:10.145-04:00I love how your mitts turned out. Mine always look...I love how your mitts turned out. Mine always look a little too big on me because I only have small hands but I prefer my fingerless mitts abit longer on my fingers. I did knit a pair of full mitts afew years ago in bulky wool and they were enormous, they looked like oven gloves.<br />We seem to have quite afew different birds visting our garden but after talking to our neighbours, most near by put food out for a varity of birds. The usual visitors are sparrows, magpies, blackbirds and starlings, though we don't get as many starlings as we used to. We have the occasional robin, pied wagtail, thrush, longtail tit, great tit and blue tit. This year we have spotted a number of jackdaw which we have never seen in the garden before. As we have the three little chickies we are wary at times as to let them wander the garden as we have had visits by a kestrel and more often by a sparrowhawkShellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06935972776381141786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240676321733891654.post-29014181914362246072012-05-06T18:10:16.031-04:002012-05-06T18:10:16.031-04:00I could talk about birds all day. when I was 7 or...I could talk about birds all day. when I was 7 or 8 my parents gave me a birdfeeder, bird book and binoculars for christmas, and I've been a watcher/lover ever since. I've always had multiple feeders in the yard, but last year we attracted a fox and raccoon as regular visitors. the fox didn't bother the birds, and in fact chased the squirrels, which I rather liked, but we have so many neighborhood cats that it made me very nervous having daily day time visits from a fox. and then the darn raccoon started emptying the feeders every night. i started taking them in at night and putting them back out in the morning, but then he just started coming around in the day time. and I couldn't afford to feed the raccoons! so I stopped filling my feeders for about 6 weeks. started up again and the darn raccoon was back. so I stopped all fall/winter. and only just put out a new (allegedly raccoon proof feeder) a few weeks ago. so far so good. and all my old favorite friends are coming back. had our first spring visit from the rose breasted grosbeak. I usually have a pair all summer long. and I've also had a visit from the strangely named red-bellied woodpecker, who is just breathtaking. I'm hugely impressed by your bird-call identification. I try and try, but can never seem to associate the sound with the bird. guess I'm a visual learner :)Karen Isaacsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13974064156797038415noreply@blogger.com