Bird Watching a Relaxing Hobby

[Tim Marlow]

Not this week , but from same time of year a few years ago - when looking after a 'little house in the country' we had to feed and keep an eye on two Trumpeter Swans ( Henry and Anne ! ) and their signet, which we had the pleasure of watching taking to the air for the first time!

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What a great place to live. Pull up the drawbridge and the world can just frack off…….lovely shots of the trumpys as well……reminds me of the Bishops palace at Wells…..they have a bell with a chain on by the moat that the swans ring when it’s time to be fed……

[Tim Marlow]

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Nice shot Lee. Is that a long tailed tit on the feeder? One of my favourite birds if it is! They look just like feathered lollipops.

[JR]

So saw this earlier this week, when out for a walk with Junior. We live near a canal and you often see these in the margins. Only a few days before I took this picture, I saw another when out for another walk with our friends and saw it catch a small fish.

ATB

Andrew

Banned from Race Towers pond Andrew. please post a warning be fore showing this type of photo.:unamused:

[adt70hk]

Banned from Race Towers pond Andrew. please post a warning be fore showing this type of photo.:unamused:

Very sorry John.....:disappointed2:

[rtfoe]

Nice shot of swans and tits....something about guys and tits. :thinking: :tears-of-joy:
Early warning for fish eaters...we have a couple of those that feed along the large monsoon drains nearby.

Cheers,
Wabble

[Lee Drennen]

Nice shot Lee. Is that a long tailed tit on the feeder? One of my favourite birds if it is! They look just like feathered lollipops.

Tim that is a Hairy Woodpecker and a Chickadee. The Suet cake I feed in there is for Woodpeckers I really enjoy watching them.

[adt70hk]

Banned from Race Towers pond Andrew. please post a warning be fore showing this type of photo.:unamused:

Does this mean I have to leave my fishing gear behind if I ever come to your house?

[Tim Marlow]

Tim that is a Hairy Woodpecker and a Chickadee. The Suet cake I feed in there is for Woodpeckers I really enjoy watching them.

It’s the chickadee I was referring to then…….looking at images of them we would call them coal tits…..nowhere near as cute a name

Long tailed tits look like this……

Image for info only…..

[JR]

Does this mean I have to leave my fishing gear behind if I ever come to your house?

Yes ! :smiling2:

[JR]

It’s the chickadee I was referring to then…….looking at images of them we would call them coal tits…..nowhere near as cute a name

Long tailed tits look like this……
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Image for info only…..

Beautiful birds , loved seeing them in a family group going down a hedge row .

[Tim Marlow]

No photos I’m afraid, but I’ve just seen a couple of Swallows and about four House Martins. Spring is definitely here……..

[spanner570]

Our resident Collared Doves have been 'At it' already! They are very trusting birds. I can now get within a couple of feet of them. They fly down from the roof when I arrive with food.
Three weeks ago we spotted them with a chick.
Then a day later a second youngster popped out of their Laurel Bush nest site. Twins! - Sort of.....

The adults only tolerated the chicks for a couple of weeks or so, then they turned on them and drove them both away from our garden. - never to return.

Proud parents. Young'un on the left.



Giving the youngster a good grooming. See the immature pink beak.


The second one has arrived.



"Come on girl, let's make some more!" Judging by their behavior lately, we believe they are doing just that!



Spot the feeder. Long Tailed Tits marauding.


Cheers.
Ron

[JR]

Wow some great photos there 570 , wish we had long tailed tits , haven't seen any for years .
We have a resident pair of Doves that come most days .
453 .

[Lee Drennen]

Thanks for sharing

[spanner570]

Glad you both like the snaps and I hope they might be of interest to others.

453, The long tailed tits are regular visitors. Usually a dozen or more all arriving at once. Then they disappear for a week or so, then return for another lightning assault!