Bird Watching a Relaxing Hobby

[rtfoe]

No photo , as we all know what a Black Bird looks like from last year's photos
Just took some raisins out side , went back after getting a hand full of seed to find a male Blackbird eating away.
He didn't even move when I walked up and gave him the seed .

With prices going up even the birds are desperate and hungry.

Cheers,
Wabble

[Ian M]

I would not say I was a watcher, but keep an eye on what happens in the garden.
Had this little fellow drop in (literally drop in) for breakfast this AM,

[Tim Marlow]

Male sparrowhawk?

[Ian M]

Male sparrowhawk?

Yes it was gold star on the way. In the first photograph, the one he's under the trees, he us eating his catch. A sparrow that he took mid-flight right outside the window. The little buggers nest up under the roof. One less today though.

[adt70hk]

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

[Tim Marlow]

Nice shot Andrew. Good looking bird the heron.

[adt70hk]

Nice shot Andrew. Good looking bird the heron.

Indeed......just don't zoom in too much. It was taken on my budget android and so it's a top-notch camera.

[papa 695]

Not a bird, but the first frog spawn of the year ( for my pond anyway)

[Tim Marlow]

Not a bird, but the first frog spawn of the year ( for my pond anyway)
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We’ve recently got some as well….got a woodpecker paying regular visits to the feeders and drumming in the trees as well now.

[rtfoe]

Not a bird, but the first frog spawn of the year ( for my pond anyway)
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There's a local syrup drink with seeds that look frogs eggs. :smiling6:

Cheers,
Wabble

[papa 695]

There's a local syrup drink with seeds that look frogs eggs. :smiling6:

Cheers,
Wabble

What's it taste like?

[rtfoe]

Good and sad news on the Spider Hunters.
Good news is the chicks have grown, sad is while attempting to their first flight one fell directly onto the tiled floor. This happened at night while we were watching TV. The cats were all gathering at the door looking out and we thought it was another cat or civet.
I found it lifeless. Normally these nest are in jungles with grass or leaves to break the fall. Then after half an hour the other too jumped out of the nest...oh no mass suicide but it managed to flap to a potted plant. We got a container lined with soft tissue which I placed it in...more like it flapped into it. I set it on a table just beneath the nest and left it to nature.
Next morning it was still in the container chirping. I was trying to deposit on a higher pedestal when it took off straight to the tree across the street with the parents following it.
What surprised me was that the baby was much bigger and tailess...perhaps puffed up with nutrients for its flight and survival.
So what do I do with the nest now? :thinking:

Cheers,
Wabble

[rtfoe]

What's it taste like?

Syrup rose flavoured. I guess the seeds just added substance and texture. The seeds when bitten feel like Kiwi fruit seeds with a gelatin like coating.

Cheers,
Wabble

[tigersteve]

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!

[Lee Drennen]

Great stuff you guys have been posting. This was last month when we got a pretty good snow.