Vintage book pages, Portobello Market
The sun came out today, just in time for my kids to go birdwatching. A nice lady came and took them out into the yard to spot such species as robins, magpies and wood pigeons.
The nice lady was telling the children how quiet they would need to be when they were bird spotting, when suddenly one of my kids blurted out
"Where are the ears?"
The nice lady took a step towards him with a puzzled look on her face. Then she realised what he was thinking.
Turns out birds' ears are on the side of their heads, just like ours. But they're covered in feathers.
I wonder if birds' hearing is muffled?
31 January 2008
Birds
Posted by Lex at 6:41 am
1 comment:
Have you ever watched a blackbird listening for a worm? They hop round the garden, stop, tilt their head to one side and then pounce....Hola...worm in beak. I wouldn't have thought worms made a lot of noise really but the blackbirds come up a winner every time. What do you think? Jillandshim
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