Emotional connection to a single species

[Hedera]

I think the song of a thrush is most evocative, especially early in the morning sunshine in spring. The melodies are so varied, and it amazes me the amount of energy expended by such a slender bird singing for an hour or more. The blackbird runs a close second!

[Joyzerelly]

Originally Posted by Andestine

Dunnocks (for so many reasons )

.....and swifts.

Andestine

Ooh, I hand raised a dunnock a few years ago. A nest of them, all pink and blind and newly hatched had been up turned in the garden, all had died except this one. I hand raised it, which was very hard work (he/she would scream for food in the darkness at about 4am every morning, and came everywhere with me. I eventually released him in a neighbour's garden (one whose cat wasn't a hunter, he'd share his cat food with the wild black birds) :~)

[Andestine]

Originally Posted by Joyzerelly

Ooh, I hand raised a dunnock a few years ago. A nest of them, all pink and blind and newly hatched had been up turned in the garden, all had died except this one. I hand raised it, which was very hard work (he/she would scream for food in the darkness at about 4am every morning, and came everywhere with me. I eventually released him in a neighbour's garden (one whose cat wasn't a hunter, he'd share his cat food with the wild black birds) :~)

Hello Joyzerelly

I can empathis with the early morning feed routines. Years ago, in Sark, the island kids used to bring me any injured animals they found, or managed to wrestle from the jaws of cats.

I remember sitting half-awake, in the early hours, hand-feeding bunches of baby rabbits using a dropper. What a warm feeling it gives though. And taking them for their daily exercise in my kind employers large greenhouse was always fun - especially the retrieval process

Wish all cats were like your neighbour's pet. Did your dunnock come back and visit you?

Cheers,

Andestine

[evilgrayson]

Birds of prey, especially the medium-to-large ones.

They're majestic, and perfectly designed for their purpose.

[canny]

For me it has to be the white-tailed sea eagle. Such an awesome bird, every time I see one I always say WOW!!!

[sunnydale]

Something a lot smaller for me...

The beautiful ball of feathers that is the Long Tailed Tit We get flocks of them along the Monsal Trail in Bakewell, especially during the Winter.
Their collective twittering noise and their acrobatics in the branches.....well, it's just fab to watch them.
I got so close to them last year, I could have touched them! Incredible.

[posie]

PRIMROSES the real wild ones. even the colour on something else swirls my tummy, and makes my legs go weak. Precious Memories,How they Linger. Now I feel all emotional and unnecessary ! ! Thankyou for the very interesting and unusual thread ,AMOEBA. It's nice to look at what wildlife means to us , emotionally , not just looking at the scientific or botanical side of it . A Very original and rewarding exercise . POSIE.

[Dutchess]

Interesting that you chose a flower, Posie! What a lovely take on the subject That's what I love about WAB, so much diversity...always something to provoke a new train of thought.


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[tcvarlh]

Not truly an animal but the sound associated with somewhere lost to me; beaten brass, low, deep and sonorous, followed by a faint and subtle lowing, the cow bells of the Hoch Sattel Alm across the valley, clonking gently, almost out of hearing, carried on the breeze, then the warm wonderful smell of bovines mixed with alpine blossom, fungus and cembra-pines right behind the sound. When I hear that next I will know I am almost safely home, just one small rise to climb.

[posie]

That was beautiful, the way you wrote it took me right there, to a place I have never been,and it then stirred up in me memories of comparable experiences that I HAVE had. The sound of the voice of the farmer's son across the way, calling in the cows for milking, that same farmer's son who made my heart race, whenever I had the fortune to 'bump into' him......... Sorry folks, got carried away a bit there......