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I have been thinking about it.

tooticky, er, you misheard me, I said hasty...

They are quite fast once you get them on the run.

oops sorry

must be my feather allergy

I do appreciate the wonders of the natural world, I really do (Attenborough is lovely)

but I must admit I haven't really studied them too closely.

I don't really like to look at them at all tbh so I don't know about the feathers.

I should look, shouldn't I?

Do you hate all birds or just chickens? Let's not beat around the bush here.

Just chickens, I think.

I like owls.

fair enough

cos you know, if it was all birds, I would have had to Say Something

did I tell you we saw a pair of red kites the other week? I think I mentioned it to HC, once or twice

we have a colony near us - beautiful birds

they were superb, I was blown away

plus 30 points in my - AHEM, I mean ds's I-Spy book of birds

That is cool.

See also a thread I started a short while ago which I submit as evidence that I do not have a Hitchcock thing going on. Look.

Ooh, I love birds, me

we have a cormorant and baby coots and a woodpecker and stuff near us

and a heron and swans but the thing about the swans is too sad to talk about

sorry was twattish to mention it

have been wanting to post about it since it happened but it has just been too upsetting and I didn't want to upset other people as well

but rather than say that and nothing more, there were cygnets but they did not survive and it was people that did it

We have a healthy respect (bordering on hysteria) for the local swans. Ds1, when he was about 2, held out his hand to one and said "kiss kiss" and it bit him. Then, on his 3rd birthday, he was riding his brand new scooter by the canal when a swan took exception to it and we had to run and abandon it. Nice canal boat man rescued it as we watched fearfully from the bridge.

That's awful Franny

oh blimey yes they are ferociously strong and fierce

I love them but you have to keep your distance

I know I'm sorry TooT

I really didn't mean to bring it up but having done so thought it was better to just say what I was on about

Reminds me of a sad frog story

Oh, sorry!

That's awful.

Oh God Franny, that's horrific . I just don't understand some people.