Birdwatcher814
Bird watcher
What does everybody else do during winter, slow the birdwatching down a bit or just keep going out as usual even when bird numbers are way low this time of year?
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Feeding station becomes my main focus
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More Great Tits than you probably 🙂(There, I am sure Jos sees more burds though!!)
I enjoy the antics of our local Sparrows and Blue/Great Tits at our feeder, some of the flying is a bit clumsy and others very skillful, hours of wonderful pleasure just outside my window. Plus the odd visit from our friendly squirrelThough we get to have a bit more general diversity compared to Jos, I love the feeders in winter. (There, I am sure Jos sees more burds though!!)
It's fun to see the antics, the dynamics and interactions.
How much food do you go through with those numbers?More Great Tits than you probably 🙂
(depending on the winter, can be 250-450 Great Tits at my feeders)
100-150 Blue Tits, 15-20 Marsh Tits, 5 +/- Willow Tits, occasional Coal Tits.
How much food do you go through with those numbers?
Don't come and visit Lithuania in winterWhen I went to the UK for my undergraduate degree, I had a hard time dealing with cold winters.
I braved them more during my first year, out of initial enthusiasm to get those necessary ticks (e.g. a memorable trudge through a long country road to twitch hawfinches) - incidentally that was the same winter that had The Beast From The East -
If there are pavements you are birding in the wrong place.Although it sometimes can feel to be quiet in woodlands I do enjoy watching wading birds more during winter but I have had good winter birding. I tend not to go out if it’s too snowy or pavements are icy.
I suspect he needs to access the pavements, in order to bird the local parks etc?If there are pavements you are birding in the wrong place.
John
Pavements outside my house can be bad and my local patch which is a woodland can be bad I don’t drive so can be a problemIf there are pavements you are birding in the wrong place.
John