Wildlife

[gothwalk]

inannajones and I went for a short walk last night, down to the Dodder, up and down the banks a bit, and home again. It seems twilight is very definitely the time to see the local wildlife - we watched a bat getting breakfast for about five or ten minutes, flitting up and down one stretch of river, and a few minutes later, we saw a brown rat swimming across. We walked further on, and inannajones remarked that there should now be a third sighting of something less than usual. We stood on the small footbridge at Milltown and looked downriver, and then, hearing louder and louder quacks, turned to look upriver. We turned just in time to see four or five ducks on a firm collision course with us, quacking desperately as they had enough lift to clear the bridge, and probably not enough to clear the humans. So we ducked, too, and they flew on over and down the river, leaving us laughing.

Going to go for more walks at that time of day, I think.

Comments

[graylion.livejournal.com]

ya know that reminds me of that famous grouse add where the grouse bomb the hunters.

[gothwalk.livejournal.com]

It sure as hell felt like it...

[springinautumn.livejournal.com]

At twilight, and no mosquitos? How wonderful! I love twilight but....... one can be *eaten alive,* in no time. Same in early day... :(

[gothwalk.livejournal.com]

We have very few mosquitoes in Ireland. There are some up in the Northwest, in Donegal, but they're tiny, and people from countries where there are real mosquitoes laugh at them. So you wander by rivers at twilight and dawn, without any worries.

[caturah.livejournal.com]

But there's midges... don't forget the bloody midges!

[springinautumn.livejournal.com]

Like tiny black flies, maybe?

[caturah.livejournal.com]

Exactly! But they itch terribly!