Garden Birds and wild birds thread.

[kaz7]

Don't get too close and catch tubercolosis :)

when they are all under the window looking up at me all cute I could just reach down and touch them,not that I would,there claws are vicious looking and i need my good hand lol,read that they can be good pets,they come when they are called so I am going to stick to that

 

[idahoblues]

Obviously a very close relative, we have a lot of Black capped Chickadees, they're smarter and have better language than your coal tits

 

[Nellies left peg]

Obviously a very close relative, we have a lot of Black capped Chickadees, they're smarter and have better language than your coal tits

Look very similar indeed. Even the beak and markings

 

[Bill the Blue]

Interesting dynamic in the garden now there are babies about

The big males eat earlier and then the mum,couple of other females and the two cubs are sticking very close to the shed so they can bolt underneath if spooked, i have discovered they have also burrowed through a hole next to the shed underneath next doors decking,he doesn't mind

The female badgers are quite dominant and can protect the babies between them

Mums also have a helper ,it is the same one as last time there were babies,the mum stays with the babies whilst the helper picks up food and takes it to them,it doesn't eat until everyone has enough

Tried to get some footage of the babies but just caught sight of the back end sticking out from under the shed,mum was talking quietly to them again

Whilst they were busy up this end the mummy fox did four raids on the food that the males didn't finish,she has her own babies to feed,i have seen two of her cubs as well as later on towards dawn she is up by the shed then

I have to talk more softly to the badgers at the moment ,think they trust me ,they came out when I call them,that is very cute

I think I will have to be patient getting good footage of all the babies ,it is going to get busy out there lol

Just read this whilst lying in bed..

David Attenborough couldn't have worded it better..

It's like Springwatch meets the World Wildlife Foundation in your back garden Karen..


Your food bill must be enormous..!

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

The hummingbirds have finally arrived

That’s interesting. I didn’t know hummingbirds were found that far north. Has that always been the case, or is that a recent phenomenon connected to global warming?

 

[Magicpole]

For anybody who feeds the birds in their garden could I recommend a supplier. When the lockdown happened a lot of the companies upped their prices to take advantage, but Twootz.com didn't. A 25kg two boxes of fatballs from the good people of Twootz kept the price at £20.

Companies like this who didn't take the **** should be supported and I would recommend getting your supplies from them.

 

[Newman Noggs]

Companies like this who didn't take the **** should be supported and I would recommend getting your supplies from them.

Gratuitous use of the word "****" is to be commended.

 

[Kakhaber The Great]

Obviously a very close relative, we have a lot of Black capped Chickadees, they're smarter and have better language than your coal tits

Are you trying to say our coal tits swear a lot?

 

[idahoblues]

Look very similar indeed. Even the beak and markings

They're really friendly little turds, not scared of humans atall

 

[johnnytapia]

The sparrows were a joy to watch this morning, dozens of them having a dirt bath on our garden, diving down, rolling around. Absolutely brilliant to see.