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Re: WHAT I SAW TODAY.....
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2020 8:21 pm
by Jacksparrow
My alpha Blackbird eating the tadpoles again. He's really good at catching them I watched him have three tries and he got one every time. I did register my displeasure but he chose to ignore me.
Re: WHAT I SAW TODAY.....
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2020 8:41 pm
by Butterfly
Jacksparrow wrote: Tue Jun 30, 2020 8:21 pm
I did register my displeasure but he chose to ignore me.
Re: WHAT I SAW TODAY.....
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 7:50 pm
by Jacksparrow
Joy of joys a Song thrush turned up today. The first sighting for several years. It stopped long enough to enjoy a bath, find a good sized worm to scoff and take more than a passing interest in the tadpoles. As for the latter it still has a little to learn. I saw a couple of attempts without success and then it gave up.
Re: WHAT I SAW TODAY.....
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 10:24 pm
by Butterfly
That's a lovely visitor Jack
. I am starting to be seriously worried about your tadpoles, they are becoming quite popular
Re: WHAT I SAW TODAY.....
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2020 8:25 am
by Placido
Jacksparrow wrote: Thu Jul 02, 2020 7:50 pm
Joy of joys a Song thrush turned up today. The first sighting for several years. It stopped long enough to enjoy a bath, find a good sized worm to scoff and take more than a passing interest in the tadpoles. As for the latter it still has a little to learn. I saw a couple of attempts without success and then it gave up.
Strange you should mention that, Jacksparrow, about the thrush ablutions - my thrush comes every day for a bath. They seem to be irresistibly attracted to water.
Hope it becomes a regular
. Pity about the taddies
Re: WHAT I SAW TODAY.....
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 9:00 am
by Placido
What I'm
not seeing all of a sudden are my birds
. Apart from one lone blackbird mother still gathering little worms there is a dramatic drop in numbers. Ground food left uneaten
!!
I think the Summer Vacation has begun
. They'll be back in October .......
Re: WHAT I SAW TODAY.....
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 8:14 pm
by Jacksparrow
Placido wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2020 9:00 am
What I'm
not seeing all of a sudden are my birds
. Apart from one lone blackbird mother still gathering little worms there is a dramatic drop in numbers. Ground food left uneaten
!!
I think the Summer Vacation has begun
. They'll be back in October .......
I was about to post something similar. I am still getting Sparrows but other species are showing a marked decline. The dreaded ferals are still turning up to hoover up the dropped seed but there is getting less work for them to do.
Re: WHAT I SAW TODAY.....
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2020 8:25 am
by Placido
Thing is they don't
tell you when they're about to disembark. Just up and off
.
Left with a ruck of food which is only slowly disappearing.
Honest Placi (Pre-loved Birdseed) Inc.
Re: WHAT I SAW TODAY.....
Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2020 4:27 pm
by Savannah
I saw 2 squirrels near my mums garden fence, one was nibbling on something while the other was looking around, I'll take them some monkey nuts the next time i visit mum.
Re: WHAT I SAW TODAY.....
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2020 7:14 pm
by Willpar
I see the blackbirds are eating the purple berries on the berberis i have. My rowan berries seem to have mostly gone.