dragonfly frenzy?

[armedoldhippy]

just got back from a run through Kentucky, MO, Arkansas, & LA again for little to no reason. no work really involved except the drive. third night there, i moseyed out to a point on Toledo Bend to burn one. stood there hitting it before i realized that i was surrounded by dragonflies, hundreds of them! big ones, small ones, red, blue, black, and those big metallic green ones, it was so cool! damn things acted like they were doing a re-enactment of the Battle of Britain around me. once in a lifetime...

 

[exoticrobotic]

This year has been great for dragonflies in the uk.

The way they move to check things out and the g forces involved in their flight is amazing.

Went to visit a relative up north the other day and 10 were perching next to each other on an overhead telephone wire.

 

[troutman]

Be happy. They eat pesky insects.

 

[Lumpy-Gravy]

Summer has been shit in northern England. I have however seen more dragonfly this year than in a long time. As a kid in the 80’s they were as common as a Starling or a Spadge.

 

[Frosty Nuggets]

Summer has been shit in northern England. I have however seen more dragonfly this year than in a long time. As a kid in the 80’s they were as common as a Starling or a Spadge.

What the hell is a spadge?

 

[Lumpy-Gravy]

@Frosty Nuggets … a Sparrow

 

[Frosty Nuggets]

@Frosty Nuggets … a Sparrow

Ah, thanks, we call them spoggies in Australia where they are a pest/introduced species and you need a spoggygonne (air rifle, bang, spoggygonne).

 

[stiff]

Interesting to hear..i never knew they were a pest. Do you know why they got introduced?

 

[exoticrobotic]

Interesting to hear..i never knew they were a pest. Do you know why they got introduced?

There was an old lady who swallowed a spider that wriggled and wiggled and tiggled inside her. She swallowed the spider to catch the fly. I don't know why she swallowed a fly

There was an old lady who swallowed a bird. How absurd to swallow a bird. She swallowed the bird to catch the spider, She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.

I don't know why she swallowed a fly

 

[right]

It has been a great year for dragonflies around here. Lots of hummingbirds too.

 

[armedoldhippy]

Interesting to hear..i never knew they were a pest. Do you know why they got introduced?

english (or House) sparrows came as stowaways on boats and as pets in bird cages. the starlings were introduced by a dimwit Shakespeare fan that wanted all of the birds mentioned by the bard brought to the US and started a society that worked towards that end.

 

[Frosty Nuggets]

I don't see how the sparrows could have survived months at sea as stowaways as there would be no food for them, it is likely they were brought in cages where they were fed, just like rabbits and foxes.

 

[buzzmobile]

What the hell is a spadge?

Urban Dictionary says

Urban Dictionary: Spadge

pussy, female part

www.urbandictionary.com

Oh you dirty bird.

 

[buzzmobile]

I don't see how the sparrows could have survived months at sea as stowaways as there would be no food for them, it is likely they were brought in cages where they were fed, just like rabbits and foxes.

 

[Lumpy-Gravy]

Clout, beaver, mott, minge, fadge, cunny, box, clunge, flange, snatch but never heard it called a spadge before

 

[Old Piney]

I don't see how the sparrows could have survived months at sea as stowaways as there would be no food for them, it is likely they were brought in cages where they were fed, just like rabbits and foxes.

They likely could have ended up on board and bored crew members flipped them morsels like in McDonald's parking lot. They are good little beggers and adaptive to like living in Home Depot on broken bags of seed

 

[armedoldhippy]

Clout, beaver, mott, minge, fadge, cunny, box, clunge, flange, snatch but never heard it called a spadge before

you left out slit, slash, gash, clam (see also beardless) and a local favorite, Bristol Caverns. i'm positive we are missing even more...

 

[Frosty Nuggets]

Minge, squish mitten, axe wound, honey hole, fanny (English and Australian word)...

 

[Frosty Nuggets]

Minge, squish mitten, axe wound, honey hole, fanny (English and Australian word)...

Fish biscuit, muffin, slippery dip...

 

[Lumpy-Gravy]

Lol …. Nest, mound, hoof, burger, tuppy, kebab …. Ahhh the English language. *mwah* Just beautiful.