tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641288652227497849.post2383872985957145086..comments2024-01-11T19:41:41.180+00:00Comments on Birds and Beer: WHITLINGHAM: After the cold snapJames Emersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04895693455349558444noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641288652227497849.post-23551125357849857852015-12-02T00:57:33.261+00:002015-12-02T00:57:33.261+00:00" unlikely to confuse an Otidea with Jew'..."<i> unlikely to confuse an Otidea with Jew's Ear as the former grow on the ground rather than branches</i>"....<br />not seen it then!Le Pré de la Forgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396822372095610004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641288652227497849.post-41403919870070566582015-11-28T12:45:55.786+00:002015-11-28T12:45:55.786+00:00That is very true, a bit of snow usually brings th...That is very true, a bit of snow usually brings the whole transport infrasctructure to a standstill.<br /><br />You'd be unlikely to confuse an Otidea with Jew's Ear as the former grow on the ground rather than branches.<br /><br />Goshawks always brighten up a day out, particularly if the sighting is unexpected.James Emersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04895693455349558444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641288652227497849.post-78273603959128732782015-11-28T08:21:45.611+00:002015-11-28T08:21:45.611+00:00" snow actually fell on Norwich on Saturday e..."<i> snow actually fell on Norwich on Saturday evening</i>"....<br />good job it wasn't Friday evening... <br />Norwich motorists just don't do snow!!<br /><br />That Helvella crispa in the last post is a handsome fungus...<br />but I've never knowingly seen it... <br />nor the Otidea bufonia... <br />unless, most likely, I've mistaken it for Jew's Ear and passed it by!?<br />Never knowingly seen the Brittle Cinder, either... <br />again, I might well have observed it and passed on by!<br /><br />Saw a female Goshawk yesterday... <br />sitting at the side of the road...<br />it flew beyond 5x-zoom range before I could get the camera out of the bag... dammit!<br />My first thought was resting Hen Harrier... <br />then, as it flew to a nearby tree I noticed "NO BLACK"...<br />and the wings were far too deep...<br />I was still uncertain that it was a Goshawk...<br />it seemed too pale, with no sign of streaking... <br />then I read in Collins [<i>when I got home</i>] that Europe gets winterers from Russia... <br />and they are, according to Collins, extremely pale!<br />Made my day that did.Le Pré de la Forgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396822372095610004noreply@blogger.com