tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5553568891433721040.post3556323416248832401..comments2023-10-26T05:52:41.012-07:00Comments on BB's Nature Notes: This and that . . .Bovey Bellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05798594086901897654noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5553568891433721040.post-24734875253874558202009-07-22T16:30:30.846-07:002009-07-22T16:30:30.846-07:00I've heard of early New Englanders baking wood...I've heard of early New Englanders baking woodchucks--I guess it comes down to how hungry one is! Erk!Morning's Minionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5553568891433721040.post-62762489153241628442009-07-22T10:06:06.891-07:002009-07-22T10:06:06.891-07:00I'm here catching up on my reading:) Lucky you...I'm here catching up on my reading:) Lucky you having a visiting hedgehog, I used to have a lot in the garden here but they don't seem to appear very often now or maybe I'm not out at the right times. Comma butterflies are lovely aren't they? There were a lot of butterflies around earlier this summer but with all the rain we've had they seem to have disappeared. It must be very hard for them with so little sun and so much rain.Rowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13679130612798888266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5553568891433721040.post-4514999854450112012009-07-17T21:36:46.838-07:002009-07-17T21:36:46.838-07:00"Urchin" - very much so. Guess they loo..."Urchin" - very much so. Guess they look a bit like the sea variety, with lots of pointy bits! The gypsies apparently used to bake them in clay and they made good eating. Pass . . .Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05798594086901897654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5553568891433721040.post-772458092311293272009-07-16T20:55:57.664-07:002009-07-16T20:55:57.664-07:00Somewhere during my driving today the folk name fo...Somewhere during my driving today the folk name for the hedgehog tumbled out of my scrapy memory--"urchin." {?}Morning's Minionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5553568891433721040.post-60215355821351876772009-07-16T06:48:54.197-07:002009-07-16T06:48:54.197-07:00I see we must have a discussion of hedgehogs and b...I see we must have a discussion of hedgehogs and bird nests--I've seen some other nickname for the creatures in British books and it is gnawing at my memory--will have to sift through the mental debris until I find it.Morning's Minionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5553568891433721040.post-2986752329082558752009-07-15T07:43:50.046-07:002009-07-15T07:43:50.046-07:00Here they are MUCH smaller, called hedgehogs, and ...Here they are MUCH smaller, called hedgehogs, and roll into a ball when touched or they feel threatened, and no firing quills at you! More like fleas instead : )<br /><br />For years I had a birds' nest, very similar to this one, which was line with hairs from Merlin's tail. Merlin was a little palomino Section A we had for several years. This one is lined with cow hair I think as no grey horses in immediate vicinity.Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05798594086901897654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5553568891433721040.post-27877804022701903082009-07-15T06:16:56.657-07:002009-07-15T06:16:56.657-07:00If that creature is what I think [porcupine?] Hone...If that creature is what I think [porcupine?] Honey had better have a care! In Vermont we once had a skunk who visited an outside cat dish for several weeks, a bit nerve-wracking to see it rattling around on the front porch.<br />I bring in abandoned birds' nests--they are such a marvel of crafting--and the know how imbedded in each little birdy brain.Morning's Minionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.com