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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jos Stratford" data-source="post: 1760200" data-attributes="member: 12449">Window BirdingMiddle of March, dazzling sunshine, but still sub-zero and snow everywhere, night temperatures dropping to minus 12 C!Searched in vain for hints of spring, basically nothing bar a few bleats of song from Great Tits. Ah well, what to do - sit inside and sulk, so that's exactly what I did - peered out of the window at the winter wonderland that refuses to shift. There is naturally an art to sitting at the window, the main component of which is to carefully choose your window. As far as windows go, though it might be a tad dirty, I can think of few better than the one in my cabin, so that's where I huddled. Second, undoutedly rather important, it is rather nice to position a few feeders the other side of the window. All set, my window day could commence - good activity at the feeders, a buzz of birds all day to entertain me. Never moved from my chair, notched up many nice little bits and bobs - one nervous Grey-headed Woodpecker edged down to the feeders on occasion, Great and Middle Spotted Woodpeckers more frequently. Beyond, a male Black Woodpecker jumped from alder to alder throughout the day, a very showy bird.Nice though these birds were, the star of the day arrived just a little later. A first-year bird, judging by his patchy-red crown, he was a male White-backed Woodpecker, the first male this winter, thereby taking the winter's tally to three birds. Metres from the cabin window, my woodland seemed to take his fancy, a loud drumming ricocheting through the trees - hopefully attracting the females, a second successive season of breeding in the offing.All pictures through the window, really should clean the glass <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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