A wee preen here and a wee preen there

tengolotodo in Feathered Friends • 2 years ago

Hello Hello Hivers and especially to fellow fans of our awesome feathered friends.

I was having a chat today with @coquicoin and she was waiting to see some more pictures of the swans from my last walk to Raith Lake. I had to cut short my post as it was getting too long! Birthday Shenanigans (part 1) and the wee harem was the post in question.

However I did remember that the wonderful @nelinoeva had posted Feathered Friends - Show Me A Photo Contest Round 83 - UPDATE

So if you know me, then you know I love to make stories around my bird pictures, and this would be a double whammy!

Not only would Eliana get to see some swans (and cygnets at that) but this post will be my entry for #SMaP Show Me A Photo Contest Round 83!

Don't you just love a win-win situation!

I know I do, so let's get preening!

Aha, dopey me forget to say what the Contest was all about 🤣🤣🤣

We are required to SHOW ME A PICTURE OF ~ PREENING BIRD

First up we are going back to the summer of last year in Beveridge Park in Kirkcaldy.

We had a pair of mute swans there, whom I called Stevie and Susie swan.

They had six children on cygnets. I called them the pies...

Meanwhile this wee one was looking around seeing if the coast was clear ...

The pie children I named
Cutie(pie)
Mud(pie)
Coo(pie Coo being Scottish for Cow!)
Blueberry(pie)
Blackberry(pie)
Strawberry(pie)

It was clear so as per the post title, blueberry pie went in for a wee preen here!

If you look at position of the moorhen or the the last picture and this one, you can see that blueberry pie went in for a deep preen, and these are not identical pictures!

Fast forward to this summer, and Blackberry Pie along with his parents and three siblings relocated to Raith Lake.

Interestingly though, three of the siblings including Blackberry are based at one end of the Lake whilst the parents and Cutie Pie are at the other end!

Back to the title and this is Blackberry Pie have a wee preen there!

Okay top part done, now what about the bottom half he said!

Oh yes, this needs a preening!

The purpose of the post was to enter a picture of a preening bird. This is my entry 👇👇👇

Who needs toilet paper when you are finished!!!

Ah much better, all preened and cleaned!

Some of you know that I love the swan family, but there have been changes in the family dynamics since last year.

Strawberrypie and her brother mudpie have stayed at Beveridge Park, whilst Mr and Mrs Swan have relocated a mile away to a larger body of water in a more remote location at Raith Park, and you can see how they are getting on in Meet the Swan family of Raith Lake ~ Susie Stevie and Blueberry Pie!.

I hope that you have enjoyed seeing Blackberry Pie preening himself in two different loactions in Kirkcaldy Scotland and thank you for visiting.

All images and ramblings are from me, the mad Scotsman @TengoLoTodo unless otherwise stated.

DO WHAT YOU LOVE AND DO IT OFTEN

Haste Ye Back!
@tengolotodo 3rd September 2022

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2 years ago in Feathered Friends by tengolotodo

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deraaa 2 years ago

Yes sir! I enjoyed watching it... You should get you a pet swan

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tengolotodo 2 years ago

hehe I think of them all as my pets already 🤣🤣🤣

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deraaa 2 years ago

Hmm. I am envious now...all that bread🙄

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tengolotodo 2 years ago

oh no no, they don't get bread, they get their special swan food! Bread is not good for them.

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deraaa 2 years ago

Oh? Then who gets the bread? I did read about you feeding bread...

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tengolotodo 2 years ago

The bread is sandwiches for us humans, so yes you would eat the bread :)

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devania 2 years ago

Hi, @tengolotodo I will not tire of saying that you live in a beautiful place where you can see these wonders.

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tengolotodo 2 years ago

jeje thank you @devania and I never tire of seeing these wonders:)
I hope that you are having a great weekend :)

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coquicoin 2 years ago

Haha!! I love seen Blackberry Pie, preening himself, Super Ed! The pic you are competing with is so cool😍 The name of the pie that I did not remember is Coo pie hehe how could I forget it.
And well, much formality sir Eduard, Eliana is happy to have seen the photos of blackberry pie, especially now that she is having a power outage since two hours ago. ;)

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tengolotodo 2 years ago

jeje coo pie I have had said cow pie I know you would have remembered, but I know you won't forget Super Eliana
Oh no a power outage, ouch I hope that it comes back on soon.
How is my nephew behaving, has he sensed that something is going on yet?

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coquicoin 2 years ago

I also hope it comes back tonight.
Your nephew is in hiding, but I think a little quiet will do him good.
He is been too naughty and does not control his strength when he plays at biting, especially with our feet. But between that there is no light and that Rorro's girlfriend is here and he still treats her with a bit of reserve hehe. It is under a piece of furniture and has not wanted to come out jaja 😸😺

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tengolotodo 2 years ago

Oh my god Super Eli!
I was laughing so hard reading this🤣🤣🤣
Electricity oh were are you!
So he likes to bite, yeah blooming sore it is too!

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coquicoin 2 years ago

Haha!!! as is 😂 yes well the sores it leaves I don't like at all. His teeth are very small and sharp. When he bites me I pretend to be offended and then he looks at me cautiously jaja but after biting me of course because he does it anyway 😹😿

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tengolotodo 2 years ago

hola hola Super Eli, where has Sunday gone to!
Ageese is a wee rascal jeje
of course he will bite for a reaction as well :)

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coquicoin 2 years ago

Hola hola Super Ed!! Ageese duerme despatarrado a esta hora jaja
But this morning, he took it again with my feet without warning. And I had to get serious with him 🤣🤣

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tengolotodo 2 years ago

jaja Super Eli I bet you got the shock of your life, did you kick him🤣

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lizelle 2 years ago (edited)

Love the names of your swan family Ed, too quaint! Sounds like Blackberry Pie & her siblings are becoming independent having fled the nest while Stevie & Susie are holding on to little Cutie Pie for dear life. Aren't we all like that when the fledglings start fleeing the nest?

Who needs toilet paper when you are finished!!!

A lovely wee preening story Ed, thanks for the chuckles😅

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tengolotodo 2 years ago

jeje thanks Lizzie, I have gotten to know them all over the last 18 months, so they really are like family and they so have their own personalities!
Yes leaving the nest, it is very true:)
chuckles, we have to have chuckles in our lives Lizzie!
Have a great new week :)

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joanstewart 2 years ago

Cleaning the down feathers most definitely, trimmed for another short spell !LOLZ

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tengolotodo 2 years ago

hehe too right Joan, trimmed until the next time:)

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nelinoeva 2 years ago

I love your stories and how you name the birds. 🙂
Beautiful swans keep their appearance so well, don't they?
Thank you again for your wonderful entry!

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tengolotodo 2 years ago

hehe thank you Neli, I have always named animals, it is much easier when you are talking to them!
They really do keep their appearance well, and they preen alot!
Thank you for hosting Neli,they are always fun:)

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hoosie 2 years ago

Swans are fantastic birds - we have a pair near us down at Inverleith park and we often go down to see how they are getting on with this years brood !
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tengolotodo 2 years ago

I went to school near Inverlieth Park and lived there on and off for many years so have always had a fond spot for the Inverleith swans, I see they have special nesting areas now which is cool:)

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hoosie 2 years ago

Aye, and you get get right close to where they nest - its great to watch them !

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tengolotodo 2 years ago

Yeah I have not seen them for flipping ages!

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murakaamiiii 2 years ago

I love that Uncle Ed! You're so clever.

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tengolotodo 2 years ago

jeje salamat wee teacher:)
They are fun to write!

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seeger 2 years ago

Swans they are gorgeous, I love watching them too when I see them. You are lucky getting such close up photos, often when I am at water then the swans are quite away so difficult to get a good picture of them.

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tengolotodo 2 years ago

They are gorgeous I agree. I am lucky that I have to know all these ones over the last eighteen months and they come to me now to get fed. I also a cracking new camera with a big zoom, so the latter pictures were actually taken when Blackberry pie was quite far away.