Birds and Brother

When I was cleaning out one of my kitchen cupboards at the weekend. I can across some mixed seeds that were a little lot out of date so I decided to try and temp the birds so that I could take some photos. It remained untouched for two days and then suddenly yesterday when I was out all the seeds were eaten and although I did see a Magpie swoop down today I still haven't managed to take a photo of any birds and I so wanted to practise. I'll have to think of another plan.

Birthday Boy

Today is my brother's birthday so just wanted to say Happy Birthday to him.

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Tortoises Feeding

Several of you have asked how Topsy is doing. She has been home from the vet for a week now and is doing well.
I have been giving her a nice warm bath everyday and hand feeding her (well it's more force feeding as I have to physically open her mouth and make sure the peas are pushed right to the back of her throat so that she swallows them). She is fairly cooperative and has not been retracting her head which has made it a lot easier for me.
My mother took these last two photos and they are not really in focus~ but I guess you get the idea!
They are really pleased to be getting the sun and they all gravitate to one place!
This video may be a little disjointed as I've not really got the hang of editing! You will see that Tom keeps muscling in when the ladies are eating. I don't know what was wrong with blogger as it uploaded the video but then didn't finish the process. I left it on overnight and I've even got up at the crack of dawn to check~ no luck damn it~ so I've done it through You tube instead lets hope this works! The angle might look odd on the last part as I was filming from above.


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