Sitting in my parents garden watching a family of 2 adult and 3 young blue tits feed. And hopefully being a deterrent to the cat/s that are attacking the wee birds, saved a wee crow last week from the jaws of a cat. Feline bastards
It looks like an immature Bald Eagle to meIt’s either a huge tree and I mean EFFING HUGE or that’s never a Golden Eagle
I read above about the rise in buzzards. That’s very much down to the high rise in road kill and buzzards moving in where Kestrels hunted
I was at Loch of Lowes last weekend watching the Osprey. Even those not interested in Birds can’t help but be amazed by these magnificent birds.
The Sea HawkIt’s either a huge tree and I mean EFFING HUGE or that’s never a Golden Eagle
I read above about the rise in buzzards. That’s very much down to the high rise in road kill and buzzards moving in where Kestrels hunted
I was at Loch of Lowes last weekend watching the Osprey. Even those not interested in Birds can’t help but be amazed by these magnificent birds.
It's all about Survival.Sitting in my parents garden watching a family of 2 adult and 3 young blue tits feed. And hopefully being a deterrent to the cat/s that are attacking the wee birds, saved a wee crow last week from the jaws of a cat. Feline bastards
I know this is a footy website, and I understand this is 'off topicWe've got various bird feeder around the garden and watching them makes me wonder how thick and stupid the average sparrow is. One in question has 2 chicks both fledged and capable of flying and they are perched about 6 inches away from the bird feeder, mum goes to feeder, picks up seed, hops to chick, feeds said chick and starts all over again....talk about youngsters taking the piss.
Blue tits on a good year can lay 12 maybe more eggsSitting in my parents garden watching a family of 2 adult and 3 young blue tits feed. And hopefully being a deterrent to the cat/s that are attacking the wee birds, saved a wee crow last week from the jaws of a cat. Feline bastards
Last year I saw a mother with 11 wee ducks, after a few days it was down to 8, 2 weeks down to 5, in the end I think 3 made it. A few year’s previously I saw 8 wee ones swimming along but no sign of an adult. Next morning I went length of canal to see if they were ok, no sign of any of them.It's all about Survival.
Bin watching a mother Malard duck near me on a river
11 ducklings ,I've counted...down to 10 ...that 10 has managed to survive for 2 weeks now,....that Mother Mallard is doing an incredible job looking after her offspring.
I had a Robin's nest in it's usual spot this year, chicks almost made it but the damn magpies ate them all.Last year I saw a mother with 11 wee ducks, after a few days it was down to 8, 2 weeks down to 5, in the end I think 3 made it. A few year’s previously I saw 8 wee ones swimming along but no sign of an adult. Next morning I went length of canal to see if they were ok, no sign of any of them.
It's funny with Ospreys, they're such a beautiful bird yet their nests are always ghetto'd out,We had a very good view of an Osprey fishing at Lake of Menteith last weekend. It hit the water maybe 30 yards from us, sat there for a couple of seconds then took off with a fine Rainbow in its talons. Could of given us a few lessons for sure :-(