Bird Watching a Relaxing Hobby

[Mini Me]

How do you hold it down to stick the decals on it? :smiling5:

[Lee Drennen]

Without wishing to be a bore - I spotted what I guess is the same one again today, with my better camera ..........

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Nice one reminds me of the sparrowhawks we have around here they’re great for keeping rodents down.

[JR]

Great photos Steve, thanks for posting .

[Mini Me]

All the rodents around here seem to expire from lead poisoning.

[tigersteve]

Just a common or garden pheasant in the back garden - but nice to see .....

[Mini Me]

Not a "bird" expert......sort of reminds me of a Chinese Ring Neck.

[Tim Marlow]

Not a "bird" expert......sort of reminds me of a Chinese Ring Neck.

Pretty much what it is Rick. Imported into the UK by the Romans from Asia apparently……

[Lee Drennen]

Just a common or garden pheasant in the back garden - but nice to see .....

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Very nice thanks for sharing

[JR]

This cold snap has certainly brought some different birds into the garden . Normally we only have Starlings ,Sparrows ,Blackbirds , Doves and Pigeons, but have had recent visitors including a Wren and Blue Tits. Won't be long now until the Gold Finches turn up.Used to see Field Fare on the way to the workshops in the fields .

[Tim Marlow]

This cold snap has certainly brought some different birds into the garden . Normally we only have Starlings ,Sparrows ,Blackbirds , Doves and Pigeons, but have had recent visitors including a Wren and Blue Tits. Won't be long now until the Gold Finches turn up.Used to see Field Fare on the way to the workshops in the fields .

Love Fieldfares and Redwings, very colourful thrushes! We usually get a couple in the garden eating berries when they first come over. Don’t get goldfinches until later in the winter here. Greenfinches have become quite rare as well. My favourites are the long tailed tits. They look like feathered lollipops

[spanner570]

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Cheers.
Ron

[rtfoe]

"We are NOT amused!"
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Cheers.
Ron

Are these birds frozen?

Cheers,
Wabble

[rtfoe]

I was just about to look for this post...
Anyway a pair of Spider Hunters are building their nest suspended on a wind chime in our porch.
Was wondering why they were so interested with the wind chime. Very vocal with their high pitched cheeps. SWMBO asked me to erect a screen to shade the nest from the scorching sun...boy did they make a racket, annoyed that it was in their flight path so I did the next best thing...shift the chime further in away from direct sunlight. It worked. I'll try to get some photos.

Cheers,
Wabble

[Tim Marlow]

Are these birds frozen?

Cheers,
Wabble

They are castings Richard……..

[Tim Marlow]

Not a great image, but a little egret fishing in our pond. About half the size of a heron. Little bugger had one goldfish before we chased him off. Not seen him since though so think he was migrating. Quite a bright lad…..fell in the deep bit, floundered his way out, then sat in the edge fishing rather than going in again.

This is what they look like to the uninitiated……

They were hunted to extinction in a lot of areas during the Victorian age just for those neck plumes (used as hat decorations). I can forgive him a couple of fish in exchange for that outrage.