Garden Birds and wild birds thread.

Kakhaber The Great said:
Your hawk sounds like a sparrowhawk. Got one that blasts through my garden regularly, very adept at catching blackbirds. Don't see much of magpies till this time of year when they come looking for other birds' nests to steal the eggs. The blackbirds tend to fly into a false nest site in an effort to bamboozle them!
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They are little shits aren't they lol,the hawk likes doves the best,i have loads of those,i know when it has been by the pile of feathers it leaves and know when it is around as the garden goes silent and there isn't a bird to be seen,it is brilliant to have such nature to watch,i hope people have discovered nature being in lockdown

There are animals wandering about,having an explore with less people around,the earth is being less polluted,sadly i think we will miss the opportunity to take notice, listen a bit more to people like greta
 
karen7 said:
They are little shits aren't they lol,the hawk likes doves the best,i have loads of those,i know when it has been by the pile of feathers it leaves and know when it is around as the garden goes silent and there isn't a bird to be seen,it is brilliant to have such nature to watch,i hope people have discovered nature being in lockdown

There are animals wandering about,having an explore with less people around,the earth is being less polluted,sadly i think we will miss the opportunity to take notice, listen a bit more to people like greta
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You are quite right I am at one with the rhythm of nature just now.
I am taking my time on my daily ramble(exercise), I have a wild flower book, and a british birds book.
Unfortunately when you mentioned that autistic teenager you ruined your argument.
 
karen7 said:
They are little shits aren't they lol,the hawk likes doves the best,i have loads of those,i know when it has been by the pile of feathers it leaves and know when it is around as the garden goes silent and there isn't a bird to be seen,it is brilliant to have such nature to watch,i hope people have discovered nature being in lockdown

There are animals wandering about,having an explore with less people around,the earth is being less polluted,sadly i think we will miss the opportunity to take notice, listen a bit more to people like greta
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You can train sparrow hawks to kill magpies, it’s great to watch :-)
 
asahartford1 said:
You are quite right I am at one with the rhythm of nature just now.
I am taking my time on my daily ramble(exercise), I have a wild flower book, and a british birds book.
Unfortunately when you mentioned that autistic teenager you ruined your argument.
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Why ? Is it not time to look at what everyone has been saying and think twice about going back to normal,we have scientific data on how much pollution has dropped,the world is currently having a break from us,the only good thing about this situation is it could be the reset that the planet needs and humans to look at their behaviour,i hope anyway
 
bobbymimms said:
Inland odd really.. 2 oyster catchers on a daily basis
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Another one I got on the same trip (i.e. NZ). I was told this was an oystercatcher, but I've just realised it isn't. Anybody able to tell me what it is?

Edit: Hmmm. Just had a better look at photos online. Yep, those are variable oystercatchers, alright. They have no white plumage, but that's possible, apparently.


 
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karen7 said:
Why ? Is it not time to look at what everyone has been saying and think twice about going back to normal,we have scientific data on how much pollution has dropped,the world is currently having a break from us,the only good thing about this situation is it could be the reset that the planet needs and humans to look at their behaviour,i hope anyway
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Again, I agree with what you have said, add to that everybody has started to say hello to me.

Greta no.
 
Lovebitesandeveryfing said:
Another one I got on the same trip (i.e. NZ). I was told this was an oystercatcher, but I've just realised it isn't. Anybody able to tell me what it is?

Edit: Hmmm. Just had a better look at photos online. Yep, those are variable oystercatchers, alright. They have no white plumage, but that's possible, apparently.

looks like to me a form of pigeon
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mildly surprised that no-one has posted pics from their "critter cam", Aldi were selling them for less than 50 quid with infra-red and motion activation. The local flock of parakeets are very vocal but fly like the clappers and roost in inaccessible woodland so very seldom get photographed.
 
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It's a shitty photo but it's bedlam on the window feeder right now, over a dozen Evening grosbeaks all trying to squeeze in at the same time
 
Lovebitesandeveryfing said:
Another one I got on the same trip (i.e. NZ). I was told this was an oystercatcher, but I've just realised it isn't. Anybody able to tell me what it is?

Edit: Hmmm. Just had a better look at photos online. Yep, those are variable oystercatchers, alright. They have no white plumage, but that's possible, apparently.


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I don't know what it is but I know a guy who most probably will. @dennishasdoneit. What are they mate?
 
karen7 said:
They are little shits aren't they lol,the hawk likes doves the best,i have loads of those,i know when it has been by the pile of feathers it leaves and know when it is around as the garden goes silent and there isn't a bird to be seen,it is brilliant to have such nature to watch,i hope people have discovered nature being in lockdown

There are animals wandering about,having an explore with less people around,the earth is being less polluted,sadly i think we will miss the opportunity to take notice, listen a bit more to people like greta
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Where Sparrowhawks are concerned Kaz.......The Female of the Species is more deadly...than the Male...
 
Always loads of birds here in rural N Yorkshire - I love this time of year. I feed the birds and don't trim hedges etc because they are nesting and I don't want to scare them off. I have to say birdsong or indeed its absence is the thing I miss most in winter.
 
Woodpeckers, robins, bluetits, pheasants, Jays and pigeons. They are right dirty bastards. At it all the time. Insatiable!

Aside from birds we have daily visits from red squirrels, rabbits and bats at dusk. Occasional fox, rat, mouse, toad, frog and slow worm.
 
BlueMoonRisin' said:
I don't know what it is but I know a guy who most probably will. @dennishasdoneit. What are they mate?
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Tricky....look like a form of pigeon to me..as another poster has said.
New Zealand does have its bird species that are peculiar to that island only.
They dont look like Oystercatchers to me,no long Red/Orange bill.
So basically..i dont know mate!
 
Lovebitesandeveryfing said:
Another one I got on the same trip (i.e. NZ). I was told this was an oystercatcher, but I've just realised it isn't. Anybody able to tell me what it is?

Edit: Hmmm. Just had a better look at photos online. Yep, those are variable oystercatchers, alright. They have no white plumage, but that's possible, apparently.


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The bill looks too short for an oyc. Have you got another photo with the bird in profile?
 
dennishasdoneit said:
Tricky....look like a form of pigeon to me..as another poster has said.
New Zealand does have its bird species that are peculiar to that island only.
They dont look like Oystercatchers to me,no long Red/Orange bill.
So basically..i dont know mate!
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Kakhaber The Great said:
The bill looks too short for an oyc. Have you got another photo with the bird in profile?
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My thoughts too. Not oyster catchers. They do look pigeon-like but I’ve never seen pigeons with that colour beak and plumage. Still, there are some strange life forms in NZ...
 
O.k. here's what throwing everybody. Threw me too, at first.
Look very closely at the bird facing us. Now I know that oystercatchers have long bills, that's their main working tool. I too thought that that bird had a short pigeon-like beak, but it doesn't. It has its bill tucked neatly under its wing, the way birds do when they're sleeping, or dozing. (Click on the photo, then enlarge it fully. You'll see). The bird also looks too plump to be an oystercatcher, I agree. But I think that's just a trick of perspective, the angle that the photo is taken from, or perhaps due to the fact that the bird is sitting on the ground. That sometimes plumps up a bird's plumage. Also, I don't know if this is significant, but the photo was taken in July. That is, in the dead of winter, as far as NZ is concerned. Some animals change shape according to the seasons.
I saw those birds many times along the whole five-day hike down the Abel Tasman trail. They were basically in every bay that I came across. And there are a lot of bays and coves of all sizes along that trail. I was told by locals that they were oystercatchers. We really need a Kiwi on here at this point.
Calling @NZBlue?
 
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