Spring is sprung, the grass is riz
I wonder where the birdies is.
The little birds is on the wing.
Which is absurd,
Because the wings is on the bird

Ogden Nash

Tone

In article <tv1o1a$1v8j8$1@dont-email.me>, Tone <tone@email.com> on
Fri, 17 Mar 2023 at 12:56:09 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>Spring is sprung, the grass is riz
>I wonder where the birdies is.
>The little birds is on the wing.
>Which is absurd,
>Because the wings is on the bird
>
>Ogden Nash
>
>Tone

"Spring iz sprung, da grass iz riz,
I wonder where dem boidies iz?
Da little boids is on da wing.
Ain’t dat absoid?
Da little wings iz on da boid.”

This doggerel is best scanned with a Brooklyn accent.

NOgden ash unfairly gets the blame, apparently
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"Où sont les neiges d'antan?"

Well the Parakeets, crows and Magpies have started to fight for nest sites
around here. They are like a lot of unruly children.
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"Tone" <tone@email.com> wrote in message
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> Spring is sprung, the grass is riz
> I wonder where the birdies is.
> The little birds is on the wing.
> Which is absurd,
> Because the wings is on the bird
>
> Ogden Nash
>
> Tone

On 17/03/2023 13:24, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
> In article <tv1o1a$1v8j8$1@dont-email.me>, Tone <tone@email.com> on
> Fri, 17 Mar 2023 at 12:56:09 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>> Spring is sprung, the grass is riz
>> I wonder where the birdies is.
>> The little birds is on the wing.
>> Which is absurd,
>> Because the wings is on the bird
>>
>> Ogden Nash
>>
>> Tone
>
> "Spring iz sprung, da grass iz riz,
> I wonder where dem boidies iz?
> Da little boids is on da wing.
> Ain’t dat absoid?
> Da little wings iz on da boid.”
>
> This doggerel is best scanned with a Brooklyn accent.
>
> NOgden ash unfairly gets the blame, apparently

<thumbs up>

That's how my father quoted it.

Tone

On Fri, 17 Mar 2023 13:40:39 -0000
"Brian Gaff" <brian1gaff@gmail.com> wrote:

> Well the Parakeets, crows and Magpies have started to fight for nest
> sites around here. They are like a lot of unruly children.

Sparrows, dunnocks, finches, starlings and pied wagtails mostly
here (and crows of course but they can't get at the feeders). The swallows
aren't back from their winter holidays yet.

--
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On 17/03/2023 14:38, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Mar 2023 13:40:39 -0000
> "Brian Gaff" <brian1gaff@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Well the Parakeets, crows and Magpies have started to fight for nest
>> sites around here. They are like a lot of unruly children.
>
> Sparrows, dunnocks, finches, starlings and pied wagtails mostly
> here (and crows of course but they can't get at the feeders). The swallows
> aren't back from their winter holidays yet.
>

Our crows deffo get at the fat ball feeders. Quite funny to watch. Lots
of flapping!

Tone

On Fri, 17 Mar 2023 12:56:09 +0000, Tone <tone@email.com> wrote:

>Spring is sprung, the grass is riz
>I wonder where the birdies is.
>The little birds is on the wing.
>Which is absurd,
>Because the wings is on the bird
>
>Ogden Nash
>
>Tone

... this guy reminds me of someone .. :-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Wv9jpy2VDs

John T.

On Fri, 17 Mar 2023 15:36:42 +0000
Tone <tone@email.com> wrote:

> On 17/03/2023 14:38, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
> > On Fri, 17 Mar 2023 13:40:39 -0000
> > "Brian Gaff" <brian1gaff@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Well the Parakeets, crows and Magpies have started to fight for nest
> >> sites around here. They are like a lot of unruly children.
> >
> > Sparrows, dunnocks, finches, starlings and pied wagtails mostly
> > here (and crows of course but they can't get at the feeders). The
> > swallows aren't back from their winter holidays yet.
> >
>
> Our crows deffo get at the fat ball feeders. Quite funny to watch. Lots
> of flapping!

All my feeders (three six perch seed feeders and two nut feeders -
the fat balls are away until autumn now) are inside the frame of a
polycarbonate greenhouse which had all its twinwall blow away in a storm.
It now has green chainlink round the top and a plastic mesh on the ends
so nothing can get in unless it can negotiate a two inch hole or untie the
door flap. It also has a variety of climbing. fruiting plants for extra
feed in summer. In a few years it might even be pretty.

From time to time the crows come by and make a detailed inspection
looking for ways in, they've given up trying to lift the feeders through
the chainlink which is a pity because that was fun to watch, they can lift
a surprisingly large weight and pull hard on it.

It took a while to molish it completely crow proof, they'd given up
on it until winter made them hungry and then they found new ways in that
they didn't use in summer - it's now crow proof according to the winter
inspection committee.

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"Nicholas D. Richards" <nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote in
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> In article <tv1o1a$1v8j8$1@dont-email.me>, Tone <tone@email.com> on
> Fri, 17 Mar 2023 at 12:56:09 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>>Spring is sprung, the grass is riz
>>I wonder where the birdies is.
>>The little birds is on the wing.
>>Which is absurd,
>>Because the wings is on the bird
>>
>>Ogden Nash
>>
>>Tone
>
> "Spring iz sprung, da grass iz riz,
> I wonder where dem boidies iz?
> Da little boids is on da wing.
> Ain’t dat absoid?
> Da little wings iz on da boid.”
>
> This doggerel is best scanned with a Brooklyn accent.
>
> NOgden ash unfairly gets the blame, apparently

Jimmy Snozzle Durante, I goove.

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On 17-Mar-23 15:36, Tone wrote:
> On 17/03/2023 14:38, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
>> On Fri, 17 Mar 2023 13:40:39 -0000
>> "Brian Gaff" <brian1gaff@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Well the Parakeets, crows and Magpies have started to fight for nest
>>> sites around here. They are like a lot of unruly children.
>>
>>     Sparrows, dunnocks, finches, starlings and pied wagtails mostly
>> here (and crows of course but they can't get at the feeders). The
>> swallows
>> aren't back from their winter holidays yet.
>>
>
> Our crows deffo get at the fat ball feeders. Quite funny to watch. Lots
> of flapping!

Jackdaws often have a go at the fat-cake feeder, but nothing bigger than
that has tried it (other than squirrels).

--
Sam Plusnet

On 17/03/2023 15:36, Tone wrote:
> On 17/03/2023 14:38, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
>> On Fri, 17 Mar 2023 13:40:39 -0000
>> "Brian Gaff" <brian1gaff@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Well the Parakeets, crows and Magpies have started to fight for nest
>>> sites around here. They are like a lot of unruly children.
>>
>>     Sparrows, dunnocks, finches, starlings and pied wagtails mostly
>> here (and crows of course but they can't get at the feeders). The
>> swallows
>> aren't back from their winter holidays yet.
>>
>
> Our crows deffo get at the fat ball feeders. Quite funny to watch. Lots
> of flapping!

I has a pair of blackboids wot envy the blootits, coldtits And
longtailed tits. The black blackboid is rfelativelt successful but his
wife is rubish at it.

--
Rusty Hinge
To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the BOFH.

On 17/03/2023 20:23, Sam Plusnet wrote:
> On 17-Mar-23 15:36, Tone wrote:
>> On 17/03/2023 14:38, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
>>> On Fri, 17 Mar 2023 13:40:39 -0000
>>> "Brian Gaff" <brian1gaff@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Well the Parakeets, crows and Magpies have started to fight for nest
>>>> sites around here. They are like a lot of unruly children.
>>>
>>>     Sparrows, dunnocks, finches, starlings and pied wagtails mostly
>>> here (and crows of course but they can't get at the feeders). The
>>> swallows
>>> aren't back from their winter holidays yet.
>>>
>>
>> Our crows deffo get at the fat ball feeders. Quite funny to watch.
>> Lots of flapping!
>
> Jackdaws often have a go at the fat-cake feeder, but nothing bigger than
> that has tried it (other than squirrels).

We are blessed with lots of ratses wot appear after
a) barley harvest
b) wheat harvest
c) fodder bean harvest
d) sugar beet campaign

and all my feeders are too far from anything nearby for them to jump,
and which are hung on fencing wire with a steel disc or dome loosely
suspended thereon through a hole in te miggle so if they step on it they
slide off as it tilts. 's fun to warch them wrap their tails round the
wire so they can get to the edge of the disc only to find they can't
grasp the wire neither can they lift te contraptin and let it fall, nor
can they gnaw through the wire (though one offem tried, for several of days.

--
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To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the BOFH.

And as for pigeons. They seem to just get bigger and fatter and breed all
year round.
Brian

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"Tone" <tone@email.com> wrote in message
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> On 17/03/2023 14:38, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
>> On Fri, 17 Mar 2023 13:40:39 -0000
>> "Brian Gaff" <brian1gaff@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Well the Parakeets, crows and Magpies have started to fight for nest
>>> sites around here. They are like a lot of unruly children.
>>
>> Sparrows, dunnocks, finches, starlings and pied wagtails mostly
>> here (and crows of course but they can't get at the feeders). The
>> swallows
>> aren't back from their winter holidays yet.
>>
>
> Our crows deffo get at the fat ball feeders. Quite funny to watch. Lots of
> flapping!
>
> Tone

On Sat, 18 Mar 2023 12:17:05 -0000
"Brian Gaff" <brian1gaff@gmail.com> wrote:

> And as for pigeons. They seem to just get bigger and fatter and breed all
> year round.

My pulse will be quickening
With each drop of strychnine
We feed to a pigeon
It just takes a smidgen
To poison a pigeon in the park

--
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Odds and Ends at http://www.sohara.org/

Tone <tone@email.com> writes:

> Spring is sprung, the grass is riz
> I wonder where the birdies is.
> The little birds is on the wing.
> Which is absurd,
> Because the wings is on the bird

Spring is sprung

the grass is riz

Where last year's

careless drivers is.

Burma Shave

March is here, the Ides is past
Tone's 81st is come at last.

Happy Birthday.

--
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Who is it that gets to name bird species? I mean, where did the name Tit
come from and what was the person thinking about at the time?

Brian

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>
> Tone <tone@email.com> writes:
>
>> Spring is sprung, the grass is riz
>> I wonder where the birdies is.
>> The little birds is on the wing.
>> Which is absurd,
>> Because the wings is on the bird
>
> Spring is sprung
>
> the grass is riz
>
> Where last year's
>
> careless drivers is.
>
> Burma Shave
>
>
>
> March is here, the Ides is past
> Tone's 81st is come at last.
>
> Happy Birthday.
>
>
>
> --
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On Mon, 20 Mar 2023 11:35:40 -0000, "Brian Gaff"
<brian1gaff@gmail.com> wrote:

>Who is it that gets to name bird species? I mean, where did the name Tit
>come from and what was the person thinking about at the time?
>
> Brian

.... probably had boobies on his mind.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booby

John T.

On 20/03/2023 13:35, hubops@ccanoemail.com wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Mar 2023 11:35:40 -0000, "Brian Gaff"
> <brian1gaff@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Who is it that gets to name bird species? I mean, where did the name Tit
>> come from and what was the person thinking about at the time?
>>
>> Brian
>
>
> ... probably had boobies on his mind.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booby
>
> John T.

Possibly from their warning cry, "Tit, tit, tit, tit, tit," (even if
you're not an approaching tit.)

Tone

On 20/03/2023 11:35, Brian Gaff wrote:
> Who is it that gets to name bird species? I mean, where did the name Tit
> come from and what was the person thinking about at the time?

Short for titmouse? Try searching on "tit + etymology"

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In article <75og1i13i6qtpb2o2bnrn21llg4uhvjs2o@4ax.com>,
hubops@ccanoemail.com on Mon, 20 Mar 2023 at 09:35:06 awoke Nicholas
from his slumbers and wrote
>On Mon, 20 Mar 2023 11:35:40 -0000, "Brian Gaff"
><brian1gaff@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Who is it that gets to name bird species? I mean, where did the name Tit
>>come from and what was the person thinking about at the time?
>>
>> Brian
>
>
>... probably had boobies on his mind.
>
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booby
>
> John T.

And then there are the Noddies (Terns).

And while we (well I) am on Terns there is always the Comic Turn.
--
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"Où sont les neiges d'antan?"

On 20/03/2023 17:18, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
> In article <75og1i13i6qtpb2o2bnrn21llg4uhvjs2o@4ax.com>,
> hubops@ccanoemail.com on Mon, 20 Mar 2023 at 09:35:06 awoke Nicholas
> from his slumbers and wrote
>> On Mon, 20 Mar 2023 11:35:40 -0000, "Brian Gaff"
>> <brian1gaff@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Who is it that gets to name bird species? I mean, where did the name Tit
>>> come from and what was the person thinking about at the time?
>>>
>>> Brian
>>
>>
>> ... probably had boobies on his mind.
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booby
>>
>> John T.
>
> And then there are the Noddies (Terns).
>
> And while we (well I) am on Terns there is always the Comic Turn.

I used to say, when I was doing trip boat commentaries on the
Basingstoke Canal, "Look, there is a tern flying above. They are always
in pairs, so there will be another one close by, because one good tern
deserves another!" The groans from the passenger deck could be heard
from the stern counter. (Not stern counter).

Tone

On 20/03/2023 11:35, Brian Gaff wrote:
> Who is it that gets to name bird species? I mean, where did the name Tit
> come from and what was the person thinking about at the time?

And which bird species did Albert Ross name?

On Mon, 20 Mar 2023 11:35:40 -0000, Brian Gaff <brian1gaff@gmail.com> wrote:
> Who is it that gets to name bird species? I mean, where did the name Tit
> come from and what was the person thinking about at the time?

Were they also thinking of the Blue-footed booby when
they decided on the blue tit.

--
"Don't tell me I should spend a trillion on infrastructure. I
know that, but I can't" - President Obama to Paul Krugman

So this gooey was being harassed by Turns so he threw stones at them thus
leaving no turn unstoned.

Note my spelling is rubbish today.
Brian

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> In article <75og1i13i6qtpb2o2bnrn21llg4uhvjs2o@4ax.com>,
> hubops@ccanoemail.com on Mon, 20 Mar 2023 at 09:35:06 awoke Nicholas
> from his slumbers and wrote
>>On Mon, 20 Mar 2023 11:35:40 -0000, "Brian Gaff"
>><brian1gaff@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Who is it that gets to name bird species? I mean, where did the name Tit
>>>come from and what was the person thinking about at the time?
>>>
>>> Brian
>>
>>
>>... probably had boobies on his mind.
>>
>>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booby
>>
>> John T.
>
> And then there are the Noddies (Terns).
>
> And while we (well I) am on Terns there is always the Comic Turn.
> --
> 0sterc@tcher -
>
> "O� sont les neiges d'antan?"

They look nothing like mice, but then Hedgehogs don't really look like hogs
either.

Kind of reminds me about bird colouring. I don't recall which place it was,
but a guy told me that to keep the Flamingos pink they had to tip something
into their artificial lake. I think it was freshly caught pink fish.
I somehow never realised that the colour was in fact due to diet, I
imagined that if you fed them on yellow fish you might end up with yellow
birds.
Brian

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> On 20/03/2023 11:35, Brian Gaff wrote:
>> Who is it that gets to name bird species? I mean, where did the name Tit
>> come from and what was the person thinking about at the time?
>
> Short for titmouse? Try searching on "tit + etymology"
>
> --
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> To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the
> BOFH.