Hastings Forum

seahermit wrote:"seahermit, why you should want to take on the role of a martinet over the interpretation of a painting or drawing, or what you think should be allowed or discussed, beggars belief"

It's called freedom of speech, Richard - heard of that?!

Just enjoying the flow guys

'It's called freedom of speech, Richard - heard of that?!'

Yes! seahermit, but what is the point you are trying to make or are you just barking up at a fence?

"Barking up at a fence" - you mean a tree, don't you? I don't think intelligent dogs bark at fences, not much happens there, birds (or cats) go slightly higher.

I'm not totally sure what a martinet is .. some kind of small seed-eating bird maybe, like a blue tit?!

Birds don't bark - you can't fool me that easily.

Richard wrote:Birds don't bark - you can't fool me that easily.

I think they do...."A Vocal Cockatoo Sits at the Window and Barks Like a Dog at the Cars on the Street. A wonderfully expressive sulphur crested Triton cockatoo in St. Albans, Vermont sat in the window and barked like a dog at the cars and people in the street. According to his human, this vociferous bird enjoys this canine-like behavior."

Also the recently discovered Ridgeley's antpitta barks like a dog

The most commonly heard call of the Barking Owl (Ninox connivens) also known as the winking owl, (they can meow too), is a double note 'woof-woof' which sounds quite similar to a dog's bark. Male and female often duet with the male making the lower-pitched call and the female the higher notes.

I should have said native British birds don't bark.
Cockatoo's and Barking Owls are not British birds.