tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507673653895812509.post5949221392210405207..comments2024-03-27T09:33:37.646+01:00Comments on Omnium: Rare visitorSean Jeatinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08978285783271305489noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507673653895812509.post-60193943265888100302021-12-05T00:38:40.134+01:002021-12-05T00:38:40.134+01:00Avowing myself to be a connoiseur of neologisms, I...Avowing myself to be a connoiseur of neologisms, I do confess that "Upstartarseholeologists" in my eyes became "Upstartarseholetheologists". What a fine command not only of English Buzzby has, indeed.Sean Jeatinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08978285783271305489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507673653895812509.post-40497539527639811932021-12-02T01:54:56.277+01:002021-12-02T01:54:56.277+01:00Buzzby has a fine command of English, does he not,...Buzzby has a fine command of English, does he not, for a Germanic SkyLord, strange... hmmm..., although he would probably say he is of the spherical sky around the globe, not merely the Germanic air. These SkyLords can fly thousands of miles without even a meal, apparently. There may be magic involved.Andrew R. Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15824432165509761439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507673653895812509.post-19478694062037344052021-12-02T01:47:48.303+01:002021-12-02T01:47:48.303+01:00"Upstartarseholeologists", we call them,..."Upstartarseholeologists", we call them, remembering that we Sky Lords are of course the surviving dinosaurs, who were here long before you naked big-headed chimps, and who will doubtless be here long after you. Still, we thank you for the free food you often leave out for us in your brief soujourn before extinction and then the octopus ones will take over the land while we will still own the wide skies.Buzzbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507673653895812509.post-47249442960098260902021-12-02T00:43:47.182+01:002021-12-02T00:43:47.182+01:00All surveying Lord of the Sky, pray tell me the ra...All surveying Lord of the Sky, pray tell me the rather different term to describe common ornithologists.<br />Apropos 'common': Common buzzard is a term English speaking ornithologist chose. In Seanhenge and its German speaking surroundings "Buzzbies" like the "rare visitor" are called "Mäusebussard" (Mizebuzzard).<br />More when next time you are flying in.Sean Jeatinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08978285783271305489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507673653895812509.post-62846395755554359032021-12-01T11:26:45.083+01:002021-12-01T11:26:45.083+01:00Us "birds" as you call us, but "Lor...Us "birds" as you call us, but "Lords of the Sky and All We Survey", as we call us, use a rather different term to describe your "ornithologists". Anyway, Seanhenge is rather nice. I will possibly honour you by flying in again. Buzzbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507673653895812509.post-43751332410526629672021-11-30T23:13:56.587+01:002021-11-30T23:13:56.587+01:00Dear uncommon Buzzby, please ask ornitholigists; t...Dear uncommon Buzzby, please ask ornitholigists; they do, not I.Sean Jeatinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08978285783271305489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507673653895812509.post-43080367828963753142021-11-30T23:08:37.016+01:002021-11-30T23:08:37.016+01:00We were lucky to look out of the window right in t...We were lucky to look out of the window right in time.Sean Jeatinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08978285783271305489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507673653895812509.post-76439779003781664932021-11-30T23:07:40.147+01:002021-11-30T23:07:40.147+01:00Buzzards are almost daily to be seen circling in t...Buzzards are almost daily to be seen circling in the sky, but almost never resting in a garden. So yes, a rare treat for our eyes. Sean Jeatinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08978285783271305489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507673653895812509.post-81778296969483603092021-11-30T23:03:42.891+01:002021-11-30T23:03:42.891+01:00Hm, my earlier reply (That might well be so, Andre...Hm, my earlier reply (That might well be so, Andrew) somehow vanished.<br />Below I tried to explain the plumage colour "phenomenon". ;-)Sean Jeatinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08978285783271305489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507673653895812509.post-63507317558038218362021-11-30T23:03:20.493+01:002021-11-30T23:03:20.493+01:00Who are you calling "Common", you Common...Who are you calling "Common", you Common Sean?Buzzbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507673653895812509.post-40711042611423441962021-11-30T22:58:49.593+01:002021-11-30T22:58:49.593+01:00A rare guest, but no rarity as such, Mark. The plu...A rare guest, but no rarity as such, Mark. The plumage colour of various morph-types in the Common buzzard varies from dark brown to almost white which may depend on habitat characteristics. Sean Jeatinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08978285783271305489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507673653895812509.post-67477642391753279932021-11-30T22:28:34.232+01:002021-11-30T22:28:34.232+01:00Looks like it's well fed too, unless that paun...Looks like it's well fed too, unless that paunch is just feathers puffed up against the cold.Andrew R. Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15824432165509761439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507673653895812509.post-3339238069663550632021-11-30T22:27:20.309+01:002021-11-30T22:27:20.309+01:00Or something other than a buzzard? But birds are w...Or something other than a buzzard? But birds are whatever they are, blissfully ignorant of whatever names we choose to call them by, and this looks a fine one.Andrew R. Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15824432165509761439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507673653895812509.post-33444209694263751672021-11-30T22:14:59.755+01:002021-11-30T22:14:59.755+01:00I concurr with Andrew. I think this must be someth...I concurr with Andrew. I think this must be something of a rarity Sean. Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04514267486746083195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507673653895812509.post-14391143901393969082021-11-30T19:30:07.228+01:002021-11-30T19:30:07.228+01:00Our Buzzards are all brown, at least all that I ha...Our Buzzards are all brown, at least all that I have seen.Andrew R. Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15824432165509761439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507673653895812509.post-72691185540983302182021-11-30T08:47:45.052+01:002021-11-30T08:47:45.052+01:00What a delight to the seanscape! Is that winter pl...What a delight to the seanscape! Is that winter plumage?Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04514267486746083195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507673653895812509.post-82154669893377924172021-11-30T05:42:12.037+01:002021-11-30T05:42:12.037+01:00Such a privilege to see.Such a privilege to see.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507673653895812509.post-87120293079995106272021-11-30T01:48:43.207+01:002021-11-30T01:48:43.207+01:00Lovely, a rare treat :-)Lovely, a rare treat :-)CherryPiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788084724907992076noreply@blogger.com