tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319106651507041326.post2759783809361695343..comments2024-03-20T10:14:17.088-07:00Comments on Christina Hollis: Exotic Vistors...Christina Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05801516849671439323noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319106651507041326.post-22180915781003697022012-06-27T22:18:27.864-07:002012-06-27T22:18:27.864-07:00PS: as for a fruit cage, I think I'd have to c...PS: as for a fruit cage, I think I'd have to cover the whole garden to make sure it was completely safe O_O!Christina Hollishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05801516849671439323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319106651507041326.post-57851956528053438712012-06-27T22:17:13.282-07:002012-06-27T22:17:13.282-07:00Thanks for commenting, Elanor. It's funny you ...Thanks for commenting, Elanor. It's funny you should mention a hoopoe - they are very occasionally seen around here, but I've never been lucky enough to spot one. Maybe you weren't imagining it after all!Christina Hollishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05801516849671439323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319106651507041326.post-71614121886325662822012-06-27T14:33:13.813-07:002012-06-27T14:33:13.813-07:00I'm sorry to hear about your poor garden, Chri...I'm sorry to hear about your poor garden, Christina - I imagine you've thought of this already, but would a fruit cage help? Where I'm staying at the moment is blessed with its own colony of red kites nearby, so I've been treated to the sight of them hovering over campus on more than one occasion. My only other exotic encounter was unfortunately the result of my imagination, as I was once convinced that I'd seen a Hoopoe perched on a patio shrub, in the soggy old West Country nonetheless!Elanorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13812016758623723193noreply@blogger.com