Garden Birds and wild birds thread.

[dennishasdoneit]

Bit weird this year here in rural shropshire, no shortage of Birds nesting, Blackbirds, Thrush, Sparrows, wrens etc even saw a beautiful little goldcrest, but very few insects, quite a few European Hornets which we dont usually get but hardly any flies, wasps, bees, ladybirds, greenfly or butterflies?
Just hope its an odd year and not a sign of things to come?

How's it looking this year Blue..?

 

[idahoblues]

A friend took this pic of a few Snow-geese out by Boise recently

 

[Bill Walker]

Stunning pic of a bird I'd never heard off...
Does this bird have something attached to its left leg ? What is it ?
Or is my eyesight failing me ?

Ha I didn't see that, looks like an identifier, it's a Google images picture not mine.
From this site.

Pictures and information on Blue-faced Honeyeater

Pictures and description of {bird}

www.nejohnston.org

The blue-faced honeyeater, also colloquially known as the Bananabird, is a passerine bird of the honeyeater family, Meliphagidae.

 

[J.G.Blue.]

How's it looking this year Blue..?

Plenty of birds again, Blackbirds, Thrushes, Fieldfare, Green Finch, Tree Creeper, wrens, chichafs etc as well as all the usual Tits & Sparrows, still early for insects but due to the sunny weather loads of bumble bees & large wasps (Queen wasps rather than Hornets) buzzing about usually in my shed or summerhouse? :-)

 

[Tuearts right boot]

Big woodpecker on the bird table. This, I think, is the same one that is convinced the telegraph pole outside our house is in fact a tree.

 

[J.G.Blue.]

Big woodpecker on the bird table. This, I think, is the same one that is convinced the telegraph pole outside our house is in fact a tree.

I was working on a caravan park a few years ago & a woodpecker used to hammer on a metal plate high up on a telegraph pole, it turns out this time of year they like to make as much noise as possible because they are trying to attract a mate (or so I was told)

 

[simmo]

With the freeze there is high activity in the garden at the bird feeders.

A redwing eating the red berries on the holly tree. Not seen one of them previously.

 

[dennishasdoneit]

With the freeze there is high activity in the garden at the bird feeders.

A redwing eating the red berries on the holly tree. Not seen one of them previously.

Always nice to see Red wings...a hardy bird,
And those red berries will be full of nutrients..to give them the Energy..to do their flight paths.
Good Spot.

 

[Marklr]

I like how the robins watch me clean the garden. Just a few feet away. I think they wait for me to disturb the frozen soil so they can feed. Anyway, they seem very tame these days.

 

[simmo]

I like how the robins watch me clean the garden. Just a few feet away. I think they wait for me to disturb the frozen soil so they can feed. Anyway, they seem very tame these days.

Exactly what I have observed. They also appear to mark their territory when they see other robins.

Quite a few of the smaller birds are out today at low level - Dunnock and Wren alongside the Robin.

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

I like how the robins watch me clean the garden. Just a few feet away. I think they wait for me to disturb the frozen soil so they can feed. Anyway, they seem very tame these days.

I like the way they sit on your spade handle when you’re having a break from the digging. They’re never far away.

I sadly ran over a moorhen yesterday, the sun was low in the sky so I was concentrating on that and only saw it at the last second as it was crossing the road. Always makes me feel sad when that happens.

 

[Marklr]

I like the way they sit on your spade handle when you’re having a break from the digging. They’re never far away.

I sadly ran over a moorhen yesterday, the sun was low in the sky so I was concentrating on that and only saw it at the last second as it was crossing the road. Always makes me feel sad when that happens.

Are you going to roast it for Sunday dinner? You'll feel less sad if it tastes good.

 

[idahoblues]

I’ve got three ‘Northern Flickers’ hanging out in my Virginia Creeper, finishing off all the berries. They’re driving my cats mad