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Very busy at the bird feeder today! (7 Viewers)
- Thread starter Moraybirdlover
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Lovely shots BFB. Wrens, LTT's, a Chiffy, GSW and the usual Nuthatchs, Finches, Tits,Sparrows etc. plus quite a few Jays. All good to see though.
Rich
Rich
Couple of Goldcrests in the back garden this afternoon.
Rich
Rich
Tree face...... not sure if birds are genuinely inquisitive to it or it is just another perch
Ahh very cute! I thought it was some kind of fungus!
Bananafishbones
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a whole load of LTTs just flew out of the trees across the garden in front of me...... rough guess 15+
Jabberwocky
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A garden first this morning, a flyover Kingfisher. I would never have predicted that.
Lewis
Lewis
bongofury
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Very nice.
Female / juv Blackcap in next door's Hawthorn tree. Still no Goldcrest this year.
Pair of GSW's in the garden and a pair of Grey Wagtails just down the lane from the house.
Rich
Rich
Our yards are still really quiet here in Houston. Even our residents are visiting only rarely. Luckily, we have Ruby-throated Hummers still passing through. Also, the first big cold front of the autumn has just arrived and I'm hoping it will bring in more birds.
Jeff
Jeff
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Bananafishbones
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Lovely jeff
Jabberwocky
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I have to agree, I spent the first three weeks of May in Canada, staying with one of my daughters and catching the spring migration. Just loved watching the Hummers on her feeders.
Back here, I should explain that I'm now retired, so more time for birding and more time in the garden. I've always wondered what I was missing when I was at work.
Last week I got the Kingfisher, yesterday I added one more to my list. I had noticed several Blackbirds feasting on some Whitebeam berries down the garden, so thought I would try for a photo of one eating a berry. I didn't manage to get a good shot though, too many twigs in the way. I did get a Mistle Thrush though, first this year, then the best so far, a Ring Ouzel came, grabbed a few berries and was gone. I managed 4 or 5 shots in the 15 seconds it was there. The best two attached along with the Mistle Thrush.
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earleybird
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It never ceases to surprise me how things can change in the garden.
Last year we had 18 Long Tailed Tits on the feeders and most of this year we have none at all? (I saw one solitary LTT checking out the feeders last month )
We have had a huge number of Gold Finches however and we are still seeing new fledglings even this week :eek!:
Today I watched as Collared Dove after Collared Dove flew into the garden eventually totalling 11 :eek!: The most we have ever seen at one time before is 4 squabbling Parents and siblings. Gale force winds and continuous rain has clearly prevented them from feeding in the local fields
I was curious if anyone else had experienced unusually high numbers of certain species in their gardens this year ?
Last year we had 18 Long Tailed Tits on the feeders and most of this year we have none at all? (I saw one solitary LTT checking out the feeders last month )
We have had a huge number of Gold Finches however and we are still seeing new fledglings even this week :eek!:
Today I watched as Collared Dove after Collared Dove flew into the garden eventually totalling 11 :eek!: The most we have ever seen at one time before is 4 squabbling Parents and siblings. Gale force winds and continuous rain has clearly prevented them from feeding in the local fields
I was curious if anyone else had experienced unusually high numbers of certain species in their gardens this year ?
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Mary
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Yes, eb, it's house sparrows in our case this year. They've had a good breeding season, and don't seem to have moved off as they usually do; maybe it's due to the early harvest and resowing so there's not so much seed available in the fields. There's about 3 dozen; twice as many as usual, and taking seed heads in the insect border! I wouldn't want all your collared doves... take some feeding!
Our yards have been quiet for weeks. Maybe the presence of a Cooper's Hawk hasn't helped, tho it seems to prefer rats to birds.
Two possible winter residents showed up in our yards on Saturday: Orange-crowned Warbler and Pine Warbler. However, I haven't seen them since, so they were probably just migrating through.
Jeff
Two possible winter residents showed up in our yards on Saturday: Orange-crowned Warbler and Pine Warbler. However, I haven't seen them since, so they were probably just migrating through.
Jeff
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Bananafishbones
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Not sure where all my garden birds have gone
A real privilege to have this male in your garden. I love Sparrowhawks, one of the UKs finest birds. Got me looking through my old shots of the garden visits..... may post one later :t:
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