Garden Birds and wild birds thread.

[idahoblues]

Got Geese?
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[kaz7]

Badgers are back after a few months of shagging and set building , babies should be born by now but to early to see them , i missed them , same ones back again with same personalities , eager to eat , standing up so i can reach down and hand feed a few of them and the shy one who takes its off to under a tree to eat in private , last yrs babies bigger and stronger

 

[bluethrunthru]

I have always loved wildlife. I have bird feeders - I feed the hedgehogs -I give a vixen cat treat sticks when she pops by. Neighbour hates me feeding birds coz some are pigeons or council rats as he calls them for some reason. Maddest thing is he keeps and races pigeons .................

 

[Eebo]

This flew across the yard making a hell of a racket and briefly landed the trees opposite where I work. I believe it is a Domestic Cockatiel, presumably escaped from somewhere. Sadly I think it might struggle to survive in the Wild.

 

[idahoblues]

Just rescued this monster moth, it’s wingspan was more than 5”

 

[Marklr]

My garden pond has around a thousand toad tadpoles at the moment. They grow legs and hop off around the area. About 4 will survive and return to the pond next year to mate. They can travel up to a mile and half away and still return. Unlikely around here in Salford, though.

 

[J.G.Blue.]

I have always loved wildlife. I have bird feeders - I feed the hedgehogs -I give a vixen cat treat sticks when she pops by. Neighbour hates me feeding birds coz some are pigeons or council rats as he calls them for some reason. Maddest thing is he keeps and races pigeons .................

Do you know if he has ever beaten any of his pigeons in a race yet?

 

[kaz7]

The baby badgers are fully out now , little balls of fur, not seen fox cubs yet , another month and i reckon they will come with mum and dad

 

[dennishasdoneit]

Spotted quite a few Buzzards lately ...they are out and about in force now ..

An expert told me decades ago that social groups of this large raptor gather to display in May at the start of the breeding season ,then repeat again at the end of the season. Since being told this I've noticed them suddenly appear in May every year. Usually my attention is taken by the Carrion Crows which mob them...

I've always been fascinated by the actions of Corvids against Raptors ,but particularly Common Buzzard which I think are not really a threat as they feed mostly on ...Carrion.

However I was lucky enough to spot in some North Notts woods a few years back, Adult Common Buzzards, deliberately and menacingly flying low over crowd nests with young birds in them at the top of tall trees.... This action must be terrifying and traumatic for the young birds and one that will stay with them for life....I've only seen it once in a life time of bird watching but it helped me understand the two species relationship with each other. The Crows het their revenge in later life...if they survive.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

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This flew across the yard making a hell of a racket and briefly landed the trees opposite where I work. I believe it is a Domestic Cockatiel, presumably escaped from somewhere. Sadly I think it might struggle to survive in the Wild.

Parakeets are all over Didsbury and Chorlton.