February 3, 2024 – Birds as Poetry —— Just because I WANDER doesn't mean I'm LOST

Sometimes I think I should leave the “Training Wheels” on and wear a big digital “L Plate”

Aplogies for somehow posting this early. It was only in production and I must have missed the Save button and hit the Post button. Slap on wrist.
Before I could figure what I’d done, the digital world had gone into overdrive and posted to everybody. I figured most would go, “Oh, its not’s Saturday Night’ and ignore it, but the few mail and notes I got suggested some really do click on and read the blog.
A grateful thanks both to those who ignored it, and those who thought I’d been on the “silly beans”—again.
Tis true, I’ve been trying to solve the ongoing issue of Anonymous comments and down the page here, you’ll find WordPress’s solution to the problem. Hope it helps.

Sometimes, just seeing one Nankeen Night Heron is a bonus. But to have a flock winging overhead does bring a new style of goosebumps.

At one of the entrance roads into the Werribee Mansion precint, there are a number of large Cyprus Pines. These would have no doubt been planted way back when the Chirnside family was estabishing the mansion area and its gardens.
The big pines are wonderously deep and shady, and over the years, (about 9 that I know of) Nankeen Night Herons have roosted in the pines, and more specifically one pine during daylight. It’s always a bit of fun to walk in past the tree and see how many unusual ‘bumps’ are lurking among the branches. And knowing that you’ll never spot as many as EE. Often, its possible to see rather large white splashes on the ground or to spot a few rich orange/tan feathers laying about.

As we walked past, a number of the birds had moved into some nearby trees, and for some reason, decided to all take to the air. I think we counted 15 but I could only get some in the frame.

About as exciting as it gets

For those who’ve been commenting Anonymously

The past few weeks, it seems that WordPress has been making commenting and logging on with a valid name even tougher than usual.

So after a few commenters had written either on the blog or emailed me, I decided to take it up with WP staff. Long story, very short. We are going to change the log in requirments for comment. It won’t hurt, and some are already doing it that way anyway.

So. When you comment you’ll now get a dropdown box with three options to log in.
For the truly dedicated WordPress there is an icon and you can click that to log in.
Or you could, if you have a Facebook account click and use your FB log in. I don’t recommend that, as I’m not a fan of Facebook, and who knows what happens to your data and how they track you— Insert Paranoia Music here.
Or you could take the third option, personal preferred method.
Click on the little Envelope icon and you’ll be asked for a name you want to use and a valid email. (I think the email is used by their clever Askimet spam rejecting software, so if you cheat, like I do sometimes and enter and obscure but not valid address, it might reject. Just sayin’
Here’s what it should look like.

So just to be sure. You need to log in, use an email, to be able to post a comment.
Anonymous, is not available. Mr Anonymous will be happy.