[Cheshire Birder]

Originally Posted by Bananafishbones

2012 Garden Species No 53
Willow Warbler

first sighting since May 2009

We have just had a long and heavy downpour and as it has brightened up a little a mini bird wave has just come through into the garden including the Warbler. Stuck around for 10 minutes or so certainly a garden Mega for me

a mad 5 minutes as a Wren has just turned up, first sighting since feb this year.

Nice find!!

CB

[JeffMoh]

Originally Posted by Bananafishbones

Excellent stuff Jeff
I can boast of seeing a few of those listed while in Venezuela, with the bottom 3 in the garden where Goyter and myself stayed

Blackburnian
Black and White
Tennessee
American Redstart
Bay Breasted

Have to agree that the Blackburnian Warbler is beautiful - and here is my humble effort of 2 plus the Tennessee from the Garden.

As always, nice photos, Dave.
Jeff

[earleybird]

Originally Posted by JeffMoh

Turns out it was just the third sighting ever in the USA of a Rusty-tipped Page. Makes me wonder how many rare butterflies and birds are flitting around all the time without anyone noticing them!

Jeff

wow thats rare.

Did you send the picture to a local newspaper ? in the UK the local rags usually pay quite well for images that add to a good story like a rare sighting of something. You could have been famous Jeff

[catbasket]

Originally Posted by GlesgaBirds

GSW was at the feeders this morning, and assuming it was the same bird, has lost most of his red crown, gone all grown up !

We've had a relatively warm, dry week so all bird visits have been well down on numbers but I just saw the first GSW for three days and it was 'our' male juvenile - with quite a few black streaks through his crown. So he may be a little younger than yours.

Nuthatch visits seem to be getting more regular again, but I haven't seen a robin in weeks. Hopefully just a case of not looking at the right times!

Nearly forgot - the better weather has been great for the local buzzards who seem to have been soaring and calling all week

[Bananafishbones]

Summer turning to Autumn so scenes like these will soon dissapear

Taken a month ago in the garden

[Bananafishbones]

Ok sorry folks.....

I have just found a file on the PC with a load of this fella. Last winter he took control of my garden and fought everything off that attempted to get at the apples. He would guard and fight rather than eat.... brilliant to watch

[michael23]

I had left my feeders empty for a while as they kept filling up with water during the last bad spell of rain we had, filled them back up yesterday and they are being used once again. Plenty of Blue tits around, a good number of youngsters included to. Also a nice party of around 12 Long Tailed Tits through today. Great spotted is getting closer, it was 4 houses away sitting on top of a pole calling away, would be great to get it visiting again.

[earleybird]

Originally Posted by Bananafishbones

Summer turning to Autumn so scenes like these will soon dissapear

not yet bfp surely !...... we've only just got some summer

those two remind me of our pair of lovesick collared doves who are always hanging around the garden so close you couln't get a fag paper between them

[Bananafishbones]

Just good to see the comparison between the early Robin Brood (either First brood in May or the second Brood in July) and the Last (3rd) Robin Brood

safe to say Its coming on nicely

[Socar MYLES]

I am a bit stumped, with my feeder. No matter what I put out, I seem to get LOADS of house sparrows (adults and juveniles), and the occasional house finch. I mostly feed pre-shelled black oil sunflower seed. For a while, I tried a sunflower-and-nyjer mix, in hopes of getting more finches, but the sparrows ate the nyjer, too. For the last few days, I have also been feeding suet, in hopes of attracting the woodpeckers I've seen on neighbouring roofs, but the sparrows are even messing with that!

I know there are other birds in my area...is there anything I can do to attract them? My feeders are on a balcony on the 5th floor.

In the meantime, I've been amusing myself trying to get pictures of that flappy-winged little dance the young sparrows do when they want to be fed.

[roger1234]

12 greenfinches and 10 goldfinches at the feeders plus bullfinches, coal,great and blue tits, house sparrows and collared doves, 2 juvenile robins.

[roger1234]

Juvenile bullfinch back in the garden

[Cheshire Birder]

Long-tailed Tit family this evening

CB

[Bananafishbones]

2012 Garden Species No 54
Nuthatch

sat in the garden reading the NON league newspaper () and the Nuthatch calls from the oak best of all it gets a reply from another

first visit since Sept 2010

also 2 Swallows 3 Housemartins and a lone Buzzard.

[roger1234]

6 long tailed tits, 2 juvenile robins and the juvenile bullfinch plus starlings are back 10 juveniles.greenfinches and goldfinches galore

[Bananafishbones]

Now 2 Willow Warblers

[Bananafishbones]

2012 Garden Species No 55
Goldcrest

what a day

Its teaming with birds at the mo..... I was watching the 2 Willow Warblers when something caught my eye in the same Willow tree in Next door Garden and wow a Goldcrest. Just got a pic when it flew to the feeder trees in my garden.

Add 28 Greenfinch, 15+ Blue Tits 3 Coal tits a single LTT and plenty of the other usuals Not seen the Nuthatches since this morning though

[bongofury]

Originally Posted by Bananafishbones

2012 Garden Species No 54
Nuthatch


Now 2 Willow Warblers

2012 Garden Species No 55
Goldcrest


Add 28 Greenfinch, 15+ Blue Tits 3 Coal tits a single LTT

Wow - impressive stuff

The Rowan trees are now full of berries (although for the 3rd 'autumn' our tree still hasn't thought it worth the effort). The Blackbirds have started stripping the neighbours' bare - I doubt it will take long.

[Cheshire Birder]

Family of Long-tailed Tits visit my parents garden today.

CB

[GlesgaBirds]

Had a solitary siskin at the feeders over the weekend, either a juvenile or a female, never got a great look.

All the usual suspects eating me out of house and home apart from that !!

[JeffMoh]

Originally Posted by Socar MYLES

I am a bit stumped, with my feeder. No matter what I put out, I seem to get LOADS of house sparrows (adults and juveniles)
I know there are other birds in my area...is there anything I can do to attract them? My feeders are on a balcony on the 5th floor.

In my experience, House Sparrows will eat just about anything and once they find your feeders, they tend not to go away. You could try one of those blocks of woodpecker food (without a cage) to see if they don't like or can't handle that.

Jeff

[JeffMoh]

The family of three Tufted Titmice that turned up more than a week ago is still with us.

I put a hummingbird feeder up yesterday because it's migration time for Ruby-throated Hummingbirds. A female appeared right away. Within an hour this male also came to feed.

Jeff
www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com

[bongofury]

Originally Posted by JeffMoh

The family of three Tufted Titmice that turned up more than a week ago is still with us.

I put a hummingbird feeder up yesterday because it's migration time for Ruby-throated Hummingbirds. A female appeared right away. Within an hour this male also came to feed.

Jeff

Rapid results like that are the business! Forgive my ignorance, but how does a hummingbird feeder work? I presume its got some kind of nectar in it, but how do you stop it pouring out of its own accord? (Sorry, only boring seed and lard feeders here)

[bongofury]

Just been watching the Siskins and some of the juveniles are moulting, with streaky yellow-green patches underneath. The Magpies also have much shorter tails than normal, so I guess they are going through a moult too.

[Jaff]

A new member of the flyover club yday just as we were unloading the gear out the car from a trip to Martin Mere, 2 Ravens! They were calling as well so ID confirmed. Needless to say I'm

Just a minute or so later and we'd have missed them.