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)