Bananafishbones
Incoherently Rambling .....
just arrived home from work to find 2 redpoll on the feeders, not 10 foot from the living room window.
another garden first
Nice one CC :t:
just arrived home from work to find 2 redpoll on the feeders, not 10 foot from the living room window.
another garden first
Awesome.... still my fav bird :t:
Lots of spring activity going on here the song is loud and non stop from most species. Great few minutes above the house when I noticed the carrion crows getting more vocal so looked up to see 3 buzzards.... 1stooping at a calling pair, they were harrassed for few minutes before the aggressor flew off. No need for the crows to get involved this time
I spent the day at my parents place today.
A couple of interesting items.
First, there was a pair of Mallard Ducks feeding below the feeder. In 47 years that my parents have lived in this house and had a feeder, they have never had ducks at the feeder!
They are about 1/4 mile to the closest pond. And I have to think that duck bills are not well suited to eating bird seed!
The two watched for each other as a good pair will. One ate while the other watched. Then they switched places.
Another fun item, the downy woodpecker and the hairy woodpecker look almost alike but that the hairy is a lot bigger. Here are photos of a downy and a hairy on the same suet feeder.
Saw my first Swallow yesterday.
The female is busy nest building whilst the male sits around watching her (and chasing off anything that appears within 20 metres or so)