Very busy at the bird feeder today! (1 Viewer)

[karpman]

Larry you tease you

As CB says, Last year we got a fair few around here, a retail park 5 minutes away gave me the best views... pic attached

PS not seen an ounce of daylight today from within the 4 walls of my factory :C so have missed the garden

Oh lordy what a fantastic bird!
I'm gonna crack open a tin and enjoy that picture a little more lol!:t:

karpster

 

[Bananafishbones]

Hey Good stuff all....

CB: Pink foots over head would make my year mate, I was well chuffed to see the 49 Lapwings the other day... and yes I had time to count them as they flew right over the roof of the house :t:

Captain /BW: When they appear you will get a guided tour... and a brew if you so wishB

Karpman: Your pictures are coming on really well mate, I think you will find that you keep learning, you know what works and what doesnt, and if they come out crap you press delete...keep snapping away :t: I have just cracked one open too...

 

[captaincarot]

oooh thankyou very much might just take you up on that :t:

 

[Hobbes2]

Larry you tease you

As CB says, Last year we got a fair few around here, a retail park 5 minutes away gave me the best views... pic attached

PS not seen an ounce of daylight today from within the 4 walls of my factory :C so have missed the garden

That's a beautiful shot Dave - very atmospheric. Like Captaincarot/Bornwild, they're on my would like to see list. Looks like you'll be hosting an outing over your way, lol

Karpman - that's a lovely little chaffy picture. Really like it.

The Seagull/Captaincarot - always great to see a cute Coal Tit. Well captured! They're tricky birds to photograph even on feeders because they zoom in and out and away, lol.

Larry - hope you get the Hairy Woodpecker coming back to visit :t:

Dave, here's to you seeing some day light tomorrow.

Hobbes

 

[TheSeagull]

I've had flocks of geese over the house the past few weeks, too distant to identify though! Possibly Pink-foots.

 

[captaincarot]

talking of pink feet these are some i saw saturday.

they're terribl pictures but i manged to get an id from them, by the sizes of the heads

 

[karpman]

talking of pink feet these are some i saw saturday.

they're terribl pictures but i manged to get an id from them, by the sizes of the heads

Nice one CC

Hopefully i got to deliver a car to Scotland soon, Was gonna be to mull but the chap is coming down some way to Glasgow perhaps, So hopefully i detour for some geese and grab a night out:t:

At worst i'm leaving early and going to that nature reserve with the bearded tits lol!B

Most my pictures seem to suffer a lot of noise at the minute, Or at least i think thats what it is lol.

Anyhow heres another!

 

[TheSeagull]

Lots of birds today! Got up about 4 hours earlier than usual and when do the birds come? 5 hours after I get up...anyway lots of Starlings, House Sparrows and 'my' Robin and my third Blue Tit ever! No sign of the Coal Tit today, was hoping to get a good photo but alas the sky is 100% clouded and there's no chance.

 

[captaincarot]

good light lots of irds bad back so no work.

can't hardly walk so have to stay and watch them.

we now have at least 2 coal tits possibly 3 they been here all day.

great tits, blue tits at leat 4 of each.

the robin.

got some good pics of a blackbird i think. wll review and post later.

and i'v seen a geart tit fly off with a whole monkey nut. had 7 jackdaws and 3 magpies in plus 4 squirrels

 

[JeffMoh]

Catching up

I've had a lot of catching up to do on this thread. Some interesting sightings and some great photos!

Lucky you with the Hairy, Larry. I rarely see them - I think once since I came to Texas nearly 7 years.

Had fun in Costa Rica. Wasn't able to do a birding tour but did a good day tour to Sarapiqui River, Selva Verde reserve and an aerial tram ride through the rainforest canopy. In the end, saw most birds at the University of CR campus in San Jose.

Quite tough birding: lots of the birds were very high in the trees (ow, my neck) or skulking in dense, dark undergrowth. Being able to bird by ear is a necessary skill there, I think. A nice mix of local CR birds and North Am. migrants. Some fantastic animals - huge iguanas, sloth, poisonous frogs, and two types of monkey. (Saw one monkey while doing doing official school work in a garden in San Jose!) Highlight for me was a young anteater messing about in a tree.

Lot of photos to go through and some IDs to confirm. I'll start posting on my blog tomorrow.

Jeff
www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com

 

[Bananafishbones]

Most my pictures seem to suffer a lot of noise at the minute, Or at least i think thats what it is lol.

Anyhow heres another!

Karps I will send you a PM :t:

 

[Bananafishbones]

Managed an hour of daylight (if thats what you can call it).

Intresting to watch the Song Thrush! It is still foraging under the feeders and around the shingled area where all the leaves have blown to, basically a corner of the garden.

It is still finding lots to eat under the leaves grubs and worms. Its really easy to spot as I can see large leaves being tossed up in the air

At some point I guess it will move to the waterlogged lawn where worms are to be plentifull.

Only other thing to note is the steady increase in Chaffinches, 4 male 3 female

 

[wayne1983]

Well not long till santa comes so hope i can put some pics on here if hes kind and gts me a cameraooo:-O

 

[karpman]

Well not long till santa comes so hope i can put some pics on here if hes kind and gts me a cameraooo:-O

LoL

Good luck with that buddy!
My missus tried making me wait so i flogged me credit card to death:-O I'm Impatient lolB
Day light seems a rare for me also at the moment, But at least i got the birds now and even the house sparrows are growing in numbers:gh:

All the best

karpman

 

[wayne1983]

LoL

Good luck with that buddy!
My missus tried making me wait so i flogged me credit card to death:-O I'm Impatient lolB
Day light seems a rare for me also at the moment, But at least i got the birds now and even the house sparrows are growing in numbers:gh:

All the best

karpman

Do you rip open the gifts too before xmas?:eek!::-O

 

[Cheshire Birder]

CB: Pink foots over head would make my year mate, I was well chuffed to see the 49 Lapwings the other day... and yes I had time to count them as they flew right over the roof of the house :t:

Captain /BW: When they appear you will get a guided tour... and a brew if you so wishB

Karpman: Your pictures are coming on really well mate, I think you will find that you keep learning, you know what works and what doesnt, and if they come out crap you press delete...keep snapping away :t: I have just cracked one open too...

Bfb, Your house is right under one of the main flight lines from the Lancs mosses to the Wash, so sooner or later you should get them on your garden list!! :t:

Bfb/CC/BW If any turn up, we can make it the first NW meeting for BF members. All the meetings i've seen on the meetings/noticeboard threads tend to be at Yorkshire or in Scotland. Maybe we should arrange a meeting at Moore NR or Marbury CP?

Karpman - Your pics are better than mine :t:

CB

PS If we get any Waxwings it will be beers all round :t::t:

 

[captaincarot]

sounds like a plan CB

well here's my pics from today.

just a couple of the blackbird.

there were 8 goldfinches in the birch past the back of the garden. they've been there for days now.

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Managed an hour of daylight (if thats what you can call it).

Intresting to watch the Song Thrush! It is still foraging under the feeders and around the shingled area where all the leaves have blown to, basically a corner of the garden.

While I was at work today, had my first singing Song Thrush of the winter. The clear weather the last two days must have made it think it was spring!! :-O

CB

 

[karpman]

Do you rip open the gifts too before xmas?:eek!::-O

Only if there suspiciously whiskey bottle looking:eek!::-O:t:

She will have to surprise me now! She will check the myebay tab and see how many sigma 150-500mm lens there are on there and hammer her credit card for a change!

Failing it that it will be some socks with some novelty bird shapes on em and if she knows whats good for her a bird bath!!:-O:-O

Anyhow off to read jeffs blog some.

cheers
karpster:t:

 

[peregrine lukey]

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