birdmeister
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Garden/Yard List 2020 (4 Viewers)
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birdmeister
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Final set of pictures. These are Herring Gull, Broad-winged Hawk, Common Raven, and another Broadwing.
I'm thrilled to have a resident pair of ravens now! Almost every day they're seen or heard, sometimes giving a great show.
I'm thrilled to have a resident pair of ravens now! Almost every day they're seen or heard, sometimes giving a great show.
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Warixenjalka
Birdwitcher
#56. Song Thrush
#57. White Wagtail
Picks from last weeks "garden watch":
1. Lonely Crane
2. -"- Loon (or Bt Diver)
3. House Sparrow male drove the Feral Pigeon out of the yard couple of times. Pretty tough dude.
4. After that the House Sparrow experienced the detachment of the soul... and the soul turned out to be a Tree Sparrow... 3
#57. White Wagtail
Picks from last weeks "garden watch":
1. Lonely Crane
2. -"- Loon (or Bt Diver)
3. House Sparrow male drove the Feral Pigeon out of the yard couple of times. Pretty tough dude.
4. After that the House Sparrow experienced the detachment of the soul... and the soul turned out to be a Tree Sparrow... 3
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JWN Andrewes
Poor Judge of Pasta.
A lengthy sky-watch this morning finally produced a long overdue....
62) Kestrel
62) Kestrel
Richard Prior
Halfway up an Alp
#56. Song Thrush
#57. White Wagtail
4. After that the House Sparrow experienced the detachment of the soul... and the soul turned out to be a Tree Sparrow... 3
Looks a bit of a shadowy character to me
Warixenjalka
Birdwitcher
Just a few minutes ago:
#58. Caspian Tern
#58. Caspian Tern
Martin Gregory
Member
The garden had another visitor today.
The daughter shouted, 'dad, what's this on the shed'?
It was a Sparrow Hawk, just sat there bold as brass, hopped from the shed to the feeders then onto the back gate. The sparrows didn't even seem to notice he was there.
The daughter shouted, 'dad, what's this on the shed'?
It was a Sparrow Hawk, just sat there bold as brass, hopped from the shed to the feeders then onto the back gate. The sparrows didn't even seem to notice he was there.
At last! I can add to the list. A garden lifer as wellB
49. Wood Warbler
Briefly singing in the trees next to the garden.
49. Wood Warbler
Briefly singing in the trees next to the garden.
KenM
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At last! I can add to the list. A garden lifer as wellB
49. Wood Warbler
Briefly singing in the trees next to the garden.
You lucky bugger!...The best Phylloscopus in my book Rich, deeply envious, a real gripper of a grdn.lifer. :t:
Cheers Ken. Stunning birds. Still no Swift though.
Rich
Rich
Papa 10
Miserable Old Git
I'm no photograher Ken, just got an old bridge camera set up by my lad to 'point n shoot'. Managed a shot of a garden rare today (House Sparrra) and, due to the compliment, a shot of my daily visitors (2 mtrs from the kitchen window)
Anyway I'm always busy so am just a casual garden lister and if I manage a photo it's a bonus, do enjoy following this thread though.
KenM
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Like me Papa, House Sparrow is also a garden rare, normally just one brief visit per annum (if I’m lucky), this year has been the exception with a male and two females perhaps eight visits all in January (none since) and as for Grey Partridge well that’s as likely as Ptarmigan!
Warixenjalka
Birdwitcher
Same here with GP. I might change my daily HS to (even annual) Partridge.
This morning some kind of rarity in garden:
#59. Linnet - First male visited briefly in garden and after that couple sit on neighbors birch. I remember that I have seen Linnet in garden several years ago, but for at least four years it has not been seen.
This morning some kind of rarity in garden:
#59. Linnet - First male visited briefly in garden and after that couple sit on neighbors birch. I remember that I have seen Linnet in garden several years ago, but for at least four years it has not been seen.
KenM
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Only ever had two Wari in 37 years! Both singleton flyovers and calling.
birdmeister
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One new species this morning, a flock of six rather late
79. American Pipit (2nd yard record)
Boy, things are heating up here! Next two nights are predicted to be OK for migrants, and we're still waiting for many of our Neotropical friends. Bring them on!
79. American Pipit (2nd yard record)
Boy, things are heating up here! Next two nights are predicted to be OK for migrants, and we're still waiting for many of our Neotropical friends. Bring them on!
Richard Prior
Halfway up an Alp
Wow, you're racing along BM, thanks for posting all the photos!
Papa 10
Miserable Old Git
Not wishing to gloat Ken but I have breeding Linnet,and Yellowhammer in a 'double hedge' adjacent the garden. This type of hedge was to prevent snow drifting (in the old days) but now it's where my surface water drains, it is some 12 feet thick in total so ideal for nesting birds. I installed a small preformed pond adjacent my lean-to (poor mans conservatory) which the surface water drains in to and many species of birds utilize this, thats why I was able to get the GP shot. Contrary to popular belief Linnets do visit bird feeders, as 'mine' do daily for sunflower hearts.
Richard Prior
Halfway up an Alp
What's that I hear? Ken wants all our latest Linnet photos to enjoy? Unusually (they breed lower down the valley but not around us up to now) a pair seems to have set up home here too, they are absent from the area in winter. Today with the rain hammering down on the dandelion heads (making it easier to access the seeds apparently?) the male seemed to have grown a dandelion seed moustache. A very pleasant song today as well Ken8-P
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