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Glass Discussion & Research. NO IDENTIFICATION REQUESTS here please. => British & Irish Glass => Topic started by: Paul S. on July 07, 2016, 06:29:36 PM

Title: my friend at Kew.
Post by: Paul S. on July 07, 2016, 06:29:36 PM

this was a friendship I made today at Kew  -  he says he is very much in favour of beaked vases and pulled feather decoration ;)       
I say 'he' - but of course I was too polite to ask if that was correct, or not.

sorry - couldn't put this in the café as I wanted to include the picture   -   would have done so otherwise  -  give it a few hours and then delete please - it's just that I promised fame to my friend and didn't want to let 'him' down ;) ;)

Title: Re: my friend at Kew.
Post by: Ivo on July 07, 2016, 06:49:54 PM

Lovely. But take care, the're vicious and go for the eyes.

Title: Re: my friend at Kew.
Post by: KevinH on July 07, 2016, 07:58:30 PM

Personal experience Ivo? If so, how did you mange to get close enough to upset the bird?

Title: Re: my friend at Kew.
Post by: Carolyn Preston on July 07, 2016, 11:41:06 PM

Possibly while checking gender?  ;)

Carolyn

Title: Re: my friend at Kew.
Post by: Lustrousstone on July 08, 2016, 06:19:07 AM

I love watching them fly. They remind me of Hercules transport planes. And the sight of half a dozen plus feeding in the shallow sea with Great Cumbrae in the background certainly made my morning on one holiday in Ayrshire

Title: Re: my friend at Kew.
Post by: Paul S. on July 08, 2016, 07:15:44 AM

thanks for the comments  - perhaps he should fly away discreetly now having had his fame. :)

Title: Re: my friend at Kew.
Post by: Ivo on July 08, 2016, 08:15:26 AM

Quote from: KevinH on July 07, 2016, 07:58:30 PM

Personal experience Ivo? If so, how did you mange to get close enough to upset the bird?

Lady in An Amsterdam park recently got her eye gouged out while tending to one of these cuddlies.