tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4526180646938954660.post1434989852168992177..comments2024-03-19T09:51:50.961+00:00Comments on Another Bird Blog: No Work On Wednesday? Phil Sladehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846400106748443969noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4526180646938954660.post-66341940661224665152012-12-06T12:55:13.795+00:002012-12-06T12:55:13.795+00:00I understand (I think) your opposition to the shoo...I understand (I think) your opposition to the shooting of birds but wonder whether this extyedns t other forms of natural life. Do you never kill flies, rats, mice, wasps, etc?<br /><br />I'm a fairly keen birdwatcher but have no problems with peopel carrying out legal shooting - are you suggesting that woodpigeons aren't pests?<br /><br />I could never condone the shooting of non-pest species - we don't shoot songbirds in the UK and I certainly think the shooting and trapping of raptors should be vigorously investigated by our police regardless of who employs the shooter (and I'm sure you know what I'm talking about here).<br /><br />Many, many people get just as much pleasure from hunting and shooting as you do from birdwatching and ringing and as long as the consensus is that they are able to do so legally then there's not too much to be done about it.<br /><br />Absinthehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04823190455468857458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4526180646938954660.post-84107655017422168362012-12-05T04:24:00.760+00:002012-12-05T04:24:00.760+00:00Another good post. Great images. The Lapwing is ...Another good post. Great images. The Lapwing is quite handsome! Not sure how to solve the hunting conundrum. Create test-tube game animals and raise them on land reserved for the hunters?Wally Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01121368850135565674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4526180646938954660.post-10605279204778149622012-11-29T12:18:50.028+00:002012-11-29T12:18:50.028+00:00I have family members who hunt, but frankly I just...I have family members who hunt, but frankly I just don't understand their way of thinking.<br />Great shots here, glad you had a good day to go bird-chasing, Phil.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4526180646938954660.post-86398616629597558822012-11-29T09:12:45.172+00:002012-11-29T09:12:45.172+00:00Hi Phil: To many vested interests for your dream t...Hi Phil: To many vested interests for your dream to come true.All the best.JWB.newshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09393058341990832276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4526180646938954660.post-38755258549006517592012-11-29T03:30:54.465+00:002012-11-29T03:30:54.465+00:00I'm amazed at the primitiveness of the laws in...I'm amazed at the primitiveness of the laws in the UK. I guess Charles Darwin would have had no idea about evolution if he hadn't have travelled elsewhere. (Sorry, Phil. I say that as an Aussie of course:) Wonderful photographs!Russell Jenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09153568497950671742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4526180646938954660.post-9021494867047186902012-11-28T22:08:42.271+00:002012-11-28T22:08:42.271+00:00I do not know why there has to be so much hunting ...I do not know why there has to be so much hunting allowed, it is the same here. Love your birds, especially the buzzard and the cool looking Lapwing. Happy Birding, Phil!eileeninmdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00070309645796725309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4526180646938954660.post-88044566770806362322012-11-28T16:49:06.778+00:002012-11-28T16:49:06.778+00:00I can always come here and see a bird I have never...I can always come here and see a bird I have never seen before. That lapwing is so interesting. All your sightings are so well photographed.Gail Dixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15697820311332653232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4526180646938954660.post-62250279778242993682012-11-28T16:16:11.059+00:002012-11-28T16:16:11.059+00:00Oh glorious Lapwing...they are such great birds! ...Oh glorious Lapwing...they are such great birds! The plight of the Buzzard, the hunting for not so much food around here, but trophies;'( makes me shudder. Glad that the flooding did not come so close to your home~Mary Howell Cromerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05473298562829352582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4526180646938954660.post-35231887525325592422012-11-28T15:40:55.919+00:002012-11-28T15:40:55.919+00:00Well said Phil, I will never get the mentality of ...Well said Phil, I will never get the mentality of people who see shooting wild birds as a pleasure, sport or however else they justify it, I know what I would do with their shotguns!! Great pics as usual.Gary Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03019917138443867415noreply@blogger.com