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Old 07-25-2014, 06:13 PM #1
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As for the C'Wealth Games - Can't believe what's happening, we had thought some proper Scottish weather would have given us home advantage, but this strange hot weather is clearly suiting the Aussies - It's no natural all this blue sky and heat.
I always tend to think about these sporting events in population numbers for some reason.
[plus some places spend a LOT of money helping train their athletes]

Scotland is only just over 5 million people isn't it?
We're just over 23 million (I think).
Some of the other Commonwealth nations have much greater populations.

I think Scotland is doing really well, heatwave or not!
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I always tend to think about these sporting events in population numbers for some reason.
[plus some places spend a LOT of money helping train their athletes]

Scotland is only just over 5 million people isn't it?
We're just over 23 million (I think).
Some of the other Commonwealth nations have much greater populations.

I think Scotland is doing really well, heatwave or not!
Looking at it by "people per medal point" and we have an undoubted leader of the pack with a country I have never heard of, and needed to find it on Google Earth "Nauru" (200x more sucessful than England - LOL)


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How interesting.
Nauru is almost sitting right on the Equator.
Nauru is in our news a lot. Not necessarily for good reasons.
It's a phosphate island and was devastated by mining.

long story...
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they are coming on very well, we still have very warm weather and lots of insects, parents seem to be feeding every few minutes, and the young are becoming very noisy shouting "me me me" when the food arrives. I wonder how the parents know which one to feed, they always seem to grow at the same rate so the distribution must be good.

2 days old

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Really cute and interesting too.

Thanks for posting these wonderful photos.
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Really cute and interesting too.

Thanks for posting these wonderful photos.
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Certainly interesting - I have wanted to follow the whole process from nest construction to fledglings for many years, I have been studying Swallows nesting in my garage for a long time now but work has always got in the way of following an individual family. So stuck at home crawling around on all fours with a knackered back has given me a great opportunity to devote so much time to watching them for many hours every day.

Anyway, here's today's picture, needed to get myself hidden in the loft and precariously hang out of the hatch with the camera so as not to disturb the goings on..

day 8

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