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An unusual visitor (1 Viewer)

Frost1976

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I had been wondering why, at times, the food at one of my feeders seemed to be going so quickly and then, last weekend, this little fella came down the tree to have some dinner. It was very tame.
 

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Nice capture! As long as it stays at mice and doesn't become a rat problem. Living in the country we have lots of mice, shrews, voles and the like in the garden and they don't bother me at all. For some reason we are lucky and don't get rats.
 
aw, they are cute, as long as it stays to only 1 or 2 of them!! ...and they stay outside!

We live in the country, so we also get mice, as well as red squirrels, chipmunks, and sometimes a skunk will sit at my feeders at night.
 
Here in Chester I've had a tiny mouse at the bird feeder occasionally; I was surprised by its agility at climbing branches and twigs. I agree it looks very cute, but I wouldn't want an invasion! Talking of 'unusual visitors', it's curious how trends come and go: yesterday I saw a Jay, quite a stranger, and Blackbirds seldom visit now although not so long ago I routinely saw about a dozen each day; similarly, last year I thought the Sparrows were in decline, yet now I have at least eight living in my hedge. Earlier this year there were five Squirrels attending daily; this number dropped to just one for a month or more, but now there are four regulars. A few weeks back there were ten or more assorted Tits at the feeders, but this has fallen to only two or three recently. I try to be consistent with the bird food I provide, so might be forgiven for presuming the local wildlife should follow suit, but it doesn't seem to work that way... or is it Nature just being 'normal'?
 
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