tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post2728191630051692295..comments2023-10-30T09:26:32.732+00:00Comments on Now's the time: great tit, parody, hollandaiseAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-34806486830056272272009-02-24T11:19:00.000+00:002009-02-24T11:19:00.000+00:00Oh dear. Despite knowing the difference I managed ...Oh dear. Despite knowing the difference I managed to confuse pussy-willows and catkins on Lucy's blog and I too was corrected in the same elegant way so that it hardly hurt at all.<BR/><BR/>As to the Hopkins parody, let all and sundry know that it forms a comment to my recent agonising post about the dangers of blogging and perfectly provides the Twin Cultures bridge I was seeking to establish myself.<BR/><BR/>And, since imitation is the sincerest form of buttery, I am delighted to note Plutarch picking up on an early December post of mine about molecular magic in the kitchen, as exemplified by hollandaise sauce.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-18149430742406571922009-02-24T09:57:00.000+00:002009-02-24T09:57:00.000+00:00It's not the first time I've made a mistake of thi...It's not the first time I've made a mistake of this sort. The birds are very similar from a distance. This one does look like a blue tit, (the colour of its head, in particular, but I was misled by the stripe down its breast, and the call "tea-cher, tea-cher", which it seemed to be making at the time. But the RSB web site confirms that the bird I phographed was indeed a blue tit. The stripe on the breast of the great tit, is more pronounced, and the bird has a glossy black cap.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-65390860507273409272009-02-23T21:26:00.000+00:002009-02-23T21:26:00.000+00:00Sorry, dear heart, blue tit! It's a lovely photo t...Sorry, dear heart, blue tit! It's a lovely photo though.<BR/><BR/>I loved your collared dove's ruby eye too.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.com