Thursday 2 May 2013

Eccentric Man - Groundhogs (Revisited)

 My chest is a 36, my overcoat is for a 42.
My trousers end 6 inches from the ground, 3 inches from my shoe,
Tied up with a piece of string and held together with fish-bone glue.
 Call me an Eccentric Man, I don't believe I am!
No one said being of 'no fixed abode', a 'tax exile' and 'without possesions' was going to be easy but the truth of the matter is the ramifications are already creeping up on me. Unfortunately, after a fantastic 5 months, it is now becoming clear that there are things that 'must' be done rather than doing just what the hell I like. To that end I fear the Blog is going to have to take some of the brunt as on the face of it there will be little time to publish a 'daily' post or for that matter find material. As from today (and hopefully for a limited time only) it will become more of a periodic on an 'as and when' basis, or simply one 'weekly' issue. Wednesday's have historically seen the highest number of readers, so at the very least we should be able to publish on that day.
Anyroadup, since my return there has been opportunity for a couple of 'birding' forays which have been moderately successful with
COOT
CANADA GOOSE
GREAT CRESTED GREBE
and GOLDFINCH
added to the initial dozen spotted in the English Channel. Those thus far not photographed include BLACK-HEADED and HERRING GULL, PEREGRINE, CARRION CROW, WOOD PIGEON, OYSTERCATCHER, LITTLE EGRET, GREAT and BLUE TIT, HOUSE SPARROW, FERAL PIGEON, SONG THRUSH, BLACKBIRD, SPARROWHAWK, ROOK, WREN, CHAFFINCH, CHIFFCHAFF, BLACKCAP, RAVEN, MAGPIE, DARTFORD WARBLER, NIGHTINGALE, ROBIN, JACKDAW, SEDGE WARBLER, STOCK DOVE, MALLARD, GREENFINCH, SHELDUCK, JAY, CORMORANT, MOORHEN, LAPWING, CETTI'S WARBLER, GADWALL, REDSHANK, COMMON WHITETHROAT, SHOVELER, TEAL, DUNNOCK, CUCKOO, RINGED PLOVER, TURNSTONE, GREEN WOODPECKER, SANDWICH TERN, TUFTED DUCK, HOUSE MARTIN, LITTLE GREBE,
 If ever I want to I can have the comfort of my country home.
But until that time I'm quite content to have walls made of gravestones,
  A carpet of moss, a ceiling of sky and a brown rat for a watch-dog.

Call me an Eccentric Man, I don't believe I am!
PEACOCK BUTTERFLY
COLLARED DOVE
WHIMBREL
MUTE SWAN
PHEASANT, GARDEN WARBLER, PIED WAGTAIL,
SMALL TORTOISHELL BUTTERFLY
COMMON BUZZARD
MAGNOLIA
COMMON KESTREL - bringing the Year Total to 73.
My bed is a park bench and my sheet and blankets are newspaper pages.
The people think I'm crazy, but I know I'm wiser than all the sages,
'Cos I have money they think that I'm a fool for doing what I do, but I know it's right.
Call me an Eccentric Man, I don't believe I am!

Eccentric Man - Groundhogs