Re: WHAT I SAW TODAY.....
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2020 8:03 pm
No sign of the magpie today. A couple of Doves did turned up.
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Re: WHAT I SAW TODAY.....
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2020 8:06 pm
My first fledgling of the year. A Blackbird being fed on the ground in the Bluebell patch by it's Dad.
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Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2020 9:05 pm
Fantastic news Jack 
. My blackbirds are still taking food to their babies, I suppose its not long now till they fledge 
There is a small flock of starlings, around 10-12 of them, and they are taking food to their babies too
. What I saw them doing is, they would catch a worm, come to the feeder holding it in their beak, add some suet to it and take it away, sometimes they drop the worm in the suet (which I crumble for them) and than take take both, worm and suet. I guess its equivalent to human cooking 
, its so sweet
. My blackbirds are still taking food to their babies, I suppose its not long now till they fledge There is a small flock of starlings, around 10-12 of them, and they are taking food to their babies too
. What I saw them doing is, they would catch a worm, come to the feeder holding it in their beak, add some suet to it and take it away, sometimes they drop the worm in the suet (which I crumble for them) and than take take both, worm and suet. I guess its equivalent to human cooking , its so sweet Re: WHAT I SAW TODAY.....
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2020 7:25 am
Receptacle of The Month !!!!! A First !!!!!!Re: WHAT I SAW TODAY.....
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2020 7:57 pm
To be honest I'm a little concerned about the cholesterol levels in your concoctionButterfly wrote: Thu Apr 23, 2020 9:05 pm Fantastic news Jack
There is a small flock of starlings, around 10-12 of them, and they are taking food to their babies too
A little more fibre may be beneficial 
Re: WHAT I SAW TODAY.....
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2020 10:17 am
Just seen a hawk zoom through my street. Best part about it was it followed the road at around 12 feet high, and vanished out the end.
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Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2020 12:10 pm
I thought there was 2 pairs of blackbirds coming to my garden and taking food for their young, and this morning I got confirmation of that when both pairs came at the same time (right after I put the food out) and males got into a fight 
. I guess the one that lost will have to come back later 
. I guess the one that lost will have to come back later Re: WHAT I SAW TODAY.....
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2020 5:21 pm
Keeping to The Rules of The Road, Willpar , and sounds like it was observing the social distancing too.
Very responsible !!
, and sounds like it was observing the social distancing too.Very responsible !!
Re: WHAT I SAW TODAY.....
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2020 8:58 pm
A Sparrowhawk perhaps
My ,now resident, Magpie decided Sunday was bath day but the bathing facilities used by all the others were deemed unsuitable. Instead it selected the wildlife pond. Because of the depth it couldn't get properly in but settled for clinging onto the plant basket getting just it's chest and wings wet.
My ,now resident, Magpie decided Sunday was bath day but the bathing facilities used by all the others were deemed unsuitable. Instead it selected the wildlife pond. Because of the depth it couldn't get properly in but settled for clinging onto the plant basket getting just it's chest and wings wet.
Re: WHAT I SAW TODAY.....
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2020 9:36 pm
I would have loved to see that!Jacksparrow wrote: Sun Apr 26, 2020 8:58 pm A Sparrowhawk perhaps
My ,now resident, Magpie decided Sunday was bath day but the bathing facilities used by all the others were deemed unsuitable. Instead it selected the wildlife pond. Because of the depth it couldn't get properly in but settled for clinging onto the plant basket getting just it's chest and wings wet.