I’ll admit that the title of this post sounds a bit weird, but it shows how one must adjust your birding approach when presented with obstacles! My issue was Molly and I have rented a delightful old farmhouse with fantastic views of the Atlantic Coast in the SW of Ireland … the Skellig Ring near its more famous cousin, the Ring of Kerry.
My problem was some of the local birds hanging out near our farmhouse loved the brambles immediately uphill. However, given the hill’s steepness, those brambles could not be seen (nor the birds perched upon same) from outside while standing in the yard. Enter “Irish Farmhouse Bathroom Birding”. Make certain to watch the video. All the bird images featured in this post were taken from this unique vantage point!
The Birder
The Bird Blind
The Movie (video link for blog email subscribers)
The Birds!
European Blackbird (juvenile)
European Stonechat (the target bird)
Song Thrush (lifer … did not know it was about)
And the view from the farmhouses’ yard!
St. Finans’ Bay (Google says “Finian’s“, but it is wrong)
The Bay
The Valley (called The Glenn)
And of course … the farmhouse! My “birding blind (the bathroom) is on the other side of the farmhouse on the second floor.
I hope you enjoyed this “instructional post” with its “teaching video”!!! I would wholeheartedly recommend renting this AirBnB (Cottage in County Kerry). Our host has been very responsive, and the listing is 100% accurate. Molly and love the location on the Skellig Ring which does NOT get the same tourist traffic as the nearby Ring of Kerry. Browse my Ireland posts from this blog to learn a bit of the nearby countryside. As we still have two days yet in Ireland, and I am a bit behind on posting content, the number of actual posts will yet increase.
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Was wondering why you do not allow Comments on your Youtube Channel? It would be nice to be able to comment and share to others.
Thx, Boyd
Duck Breeder.
That is a great question. I do not allow comments on my YouTube Channel because I have personally certified to Google / YouTube that my channel is “child friendly”. Google in turn does not then allow comments on such a “certified channel” because unfortunately there are some nasty people in this world who write bad stuff. My YouTube channel is found via many “child friendly’ search engines. In addition I allow free downloads of my owl children’s books from my web site, and my images are utilized in various elementary text books. Hopefully you see the pattern of my actions. I wish I could allow comments via YouTube, but Unfortunately our world is not perfect.
Skellig Ring? And sure enough our son informed us that he is getting married in January up the road a piece from you near Limerick! Sla’inte! Your photo of The Glen shows the stone fencing around meager farming or pasture land. And to think that the people harvested seaweed and carried it up to the fields to provide some fertility. Thank you!
enjoying your Irish birding
Rich, you’re the gold medalist of Irish Farmhouse Bathroom Birding!