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Not bad. But I done saw a bloody kingfisher yesterday.
So blue. Unreally blue. And it moved about more like something off a scifi film than a bird. Such zip. Many zero-inertia.
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Kingfishers are cool, but I see them fairly often so less exciting for me. What is interesting is how they change colour so much in different light. The blue is caused by light refracting, the pigment in their wings is actually brown-ish grey so they can go from looking such vivid bright blue one day to dull brown the next.
And yeah, they fly pretty cool too. Makes them quite easy to distinguish once you recognise their flight. Nothing else quite like them.
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Also forgot about yesterday's oddness on the way to drop my son off at nursery (not a euph): Cycling through a residential area, quiet roads, not going fast, son on back, 2.1" knobbly tyres - you get the idea. I was drafted by a chap on a road bike. I don't think I was even going fast enough to be drafted but I'll take the compliment.
Today though, a real treat. I had to leave my normal rural commute route a little earlier than normal to run an errand on the way in and just as I was leaving my normal route I saw what I thought was a turtle dove fly off and perch in a tree. Obviously I had to follow to get a better look, ended up dumping the bike in the middle of a field and sneaking a bit closer. Probably got (more) goose poo on the bike but confirmed no less than three turtle doves. I know it's a bit sad but I've never seen one before and they're in decline so it made my morning.
10/10 Would twitch again.