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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2015 15:59:11 GMT
I topped up the Niger seed feeder on return from my bike ride. This little chap was tucking in within minutes. Name that birdy
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2015 16:13:34 GMT
Fred...the wagtail?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2015 16:17:38 GMT
Fred..?? Fred..?? Is that its latin name?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2015 16:25:15 GMT
I don't think it is a chap after all. It looks to be a female siskin. We have an alder at the bottom of the garden so it probably feeds off the seeds from that tree as well as the feeder. www.garden-birds.co.uk/birds/siskin.htm
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Post by jondxxx on Apr 7, 2015 17:27:24 GMT
Today's ride brought the first sight and sound this year of a skylark displaying. Also stopped to watch a pair of lapwings doing aerobatics. Some sort of mating routine I think. Could also hear Curlews but didn't see them.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2015 17:45:17 GMT
Nice one, Jon.
I might take my zoom camera out more often and have a chill out with the birdies. Two birds with one stone.
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Post by r0b1et on Apr 8, 2015 11:35:15 GMT
I nearly collected a pheasant on my warm up last night. stupid birds.
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Post by baldbloke on Apr 8, 2015 18:44:13 GMT
I nearly collected a pheasant on my warm up last night. stupid birds. Count yourself lucky. Two weeks ago, I had one of these dumb creatures take off my wing mirror which cost Β£180 to replace.
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Post by r0b1et on Apr 8, 2015 22:19:43 GMT
ouch! probably hurt the pheasant more, though I doubt that's much consolation. And you can't even take him home for dinner (but you can take the ones that bounce off the car in front - you can even go out in a team to collect them)
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2015 22:37:13 GMT
ouch! probably hurt the pheasant more, though I doubt that's much consolation. And you can't even take him home for dinner (but you can take the ones that bounce off the car in front - you can even go out in a team to collect them) I once enjoyed the fruits of a road kill when on holiday with my auntie and uncle. Lovely pheasant soup and a bit of roast pheasant for main course. It did however need the skills of a pheasant plucker (my uncle) to prepare the bird for the table. Repeat after me....
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Post by Radchenister on Apr 8, 2015 23:51:32 GMT
Tearing the skin off is easier! Yours, ... an experienced pheasant plucker .
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Post by martin122 on Apr 9, 2015 20:21:51 GMT
I don't do birds they scare me to death and even worse when they flutter when I was about 12 I had a jackdaw land on my shoulder,pecked my ear and I ran in the house crying and now I have a big fear of feathered,flappy birds
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Post by bandit3 on Apr 10, 2015 18:53:07 GMT
I don't do birds they scare me to death and even worse when they flutter when I was about 12 I had a jackdaw land on my shoulder,pecked my ear and I ran in the house crying and now I have a big fear of feathered,flappy birds We used to have a Budgie that did that but it didn't make me cry
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Post by martin122 on Apr 10, 2015 19:29:59 GMT
I don't do birds they scare me to death and even worse when they flutter when I was about 12 I had a jackdaw land on my shoulder,pecked my ear and I ran in the house crying and now I have a big fear of feathered,flappy birds We used to have a Budgie that did that but it didn't make me cry believe me if you were 12 years old playing in the garden on your home made go kart and had a big black jackdaw on your shoulder im sure you would at least run??
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2015 9:10:16 GMT
Mr Goldfinch is a regular visitor along with his mate. Doesn't half go through the niger seed at a rate of knots. Most of it ends up on the floor. I have been looking after a few pairs of blackbirds for a while. My reward this morning was seeing their offspring perched on the rotary washing line waiting for some morsels. They are pretty friendly young chaps.
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