tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-763430959732035545.post1517797458240758521..comments2024-03-06T02:31:05.644-08:00Comments on Birding Vancouver Island: A Brit birder in BC, Victoria & Nanaimo: Late lake look lacks lifeJon Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08322963514881326762noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-763430959732035545.post-10603453837787236692010-03-10T06:01:15.552-08:002010-03-10T06:01:15.552-08:00mostlybirdingwithray did just the same! It's p...mostlybirdingwithray did just the same! It's probably a pre-fixed routine in the build-em-up-knock-em-down tradition. What surprises me, though, is that when you look at the blogs surrounding you in the ranking they are generally dead boring... just photos and banal comments. <br />I suppose people like that kind of thing. <br />On blogs like yours and mine they get to read about proper stuff like the recently discovered Blue tit molecule and the Retrospectroscope.<br />I can hardly wait to read about them myself.... when I get round to actually writing them.Ernesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06664739166912224018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-763430959732035545.post-22502941579286797182010-03-09T08:09:24.430-08:002010-03-09T08:09:24.430-08:00I know, I generally steer clear of those silly ...I know, I generally steer clear of those silly 'northern' bits when there's no confusable other. But there IS a southern shoveler, though it's better known as Australian shoveler - hardly likely to turn up on Vancouver Island, admittedly. Technically, the South African Cape shoveler and Argentinian red shoveler, also qualify as southern shovelers too...<br /><br />As for the 'let's see how unpopular your blog really is' counter, you have no worries - when I first installed it, it shot down to 426 at one point, then people realised my blog was crap and it crept back up the mid-500s, where it doubtless languish till the next millennium.Jon Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08322963514881326762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-763430959732035545.post-18365253781430220162010-03-09T07:15:31.129-08:002010-03-09T07:15:31.129-08:00Hey Jon.. I've just noticed that any day now y...Hey Jon.. I've just noticed that any day now your blog will overtake mine in the top 30000000 blog ranky thing. I feel ill already.Ernesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06664739166912224018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-763430959732035545.post-83437104470204596412010-03-09T07:13:52.129-08:002010-03-09T07:13:52.129-08:00I always reckoned that Sooty's friend was a pr...I always reckoned that Sooty's friend was a pretty convincing Sweep too. What a strange household that was... almost on a par with Hector etc and those strange Rainbow creatures. <br />You can open a tin quite easily by heating it up with a blowlamp or similar heat source. <br />Not only will this open the tin, it will spread the contents out neatly for you. <br />Is there such a thing as a Southern Shoveler?<br />Best wishes from Ray waiting to instruct some plumbers in the mysteries of mathematics using only a crossbow and a jar of marmalade.Ernesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06664739166912224018noreply@blogger.com