My feathered friend.

[Guest]

Been feeding her for a couple of months now, both with raisins and mealy grubs. Shes become so tame that when we go into the garden she appears, even running up to us by the door when we call .

Will land on the patio table and ask for food. Today we emptied a load of pots and straight away she was there. Her one baby is hiding in the boarders and she is back and fwd feeding. Shes starting to look a bit tired , so have ordered some more mealy worms as a treat.



Its a pleasure to be in the garden and have her along side.

[boatman]

OH GOOD ON YOU John what is it a female blackbird ?
chris

[BattleshipBob]

Fantastic John, good man!!

I have been feeding birds in the garden for a while and to my delight when they are feeding i am able to watch them close up

[boatman]

YEA Jen has got a robin she feeds an its gettin quite tame if i can i'll get a pic of it as its a plump little bird
chris

[The Smythe Meister]

Been feeding her for a couple of months now, both with raisins and mealy grubs. Shes become so tame that when we go into the garden she appears, even running up to us by the door when we call .

Will land on the patio table and ask for food. Today we emptied a load of pots and straight away she was there. Her one baby is hiding in the boarders and she is back and fwd feeding. Shes starting to look a bit tired , so have ordered some more mealy worms as a treat.

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Its a pleasure to be in the garden and have her along side.

Loving that John :thumb2: ,
We`re both big time Bird fans,have literally dozens of them feeding from AM to PM in the garden!:smiling:
As for what type it is,i`m certainly no expert!!..... However,it`s just my thoughts,but in "Birdie Speak"i`d say it`s BABY BOOM time,hence they`re SO new looking that they haven`t yet developed the feathers,shape,or colourings that their parents have..... so it`s not really surprising that it`s difficult to identify!
Good on you and Christine mind... TOP EFFORT in looking after the poor little mite:thumb2:,
Andy

[Tim Marlow]

We feed birds from September to about April but stop in the summer once there is enough food about for them. Sometimes there can be around a hundred in the garden, of many varieties.
Mind you, herself is complaining about the sparrows at the moment. She is feeding them on beetroot seedlings LOL. Every time she puts some out they get eaten.

[Gern]

Two cats = no dickie birds!

[Tim Marlow]

Dunno about that Dave, we’ve got two cats as well.

[Allen Dewire]

Very nice gesture Dude 2, but over here tonight, I was about to star in the remake of the old Alfred Hitchcock film.



And these baby's aren't so tiny either,



I'm staying inside for a while..............................Don't want to be a movie star..........Yet...........

Dude 1

[CarolsHusband]

Very nice gesture Dude 2, but over here tonight, I was about to star in the remake of the old Alfred Hitchcock film.

Aah, "The Tower Crane". A Hitchcock classic.

Talking of which... One of our ducks was killed the other day, a healthy 2 year old Khaki Campbell. We thought Fox or Mink, and took appropriate precautions. Heard a kerfuffle a week later & two big, gnarley old crows were beating the living b'jeezes out of another of our quackers.

She's OK but has a puncture wound to the neck & a hole in her head. Nasty baskets.

I never knew they took full size healthy birds.

[minitnkr]

Prolly why they call a group of them a Murder of Crows.

[Guest]

OH GOOD ON YOU John what is it a female blackbird ?
chris

Yes indeed it is Lee, she's a little sweet heart , much braver than any of the males.

[Guest]

Fantastic John, good man!!

I have been feeding birds in the garden for a while and to my delight when they are feeding i am able to watch them close up

Thank you. Doesn't take them long Bob to realise that your not a threat.

[Guest]

YEA Jen has got a robin she feeds an its gettin quite tame if i can i'll get a pic of it as its a plump little bird
chris

If Jen keeps that up Chris she will be able to hand feed it. Robins can be so tame .

[Guest]

Loving that John :thumb2: ,
We`re both big time Bird fans,have literally dozens of them feeding from AM to PM in the garden!:smiling:
As for what type it is,i`m certainly no expert!!..... However,it`s just my thoughts,but in "Birdie Speak"i`d say it`s BABY BOOM time,hence they`re SO new looking that they haven`t yet developed the feathers,shape,or colourings that their parents have..... so it`s not really surprising that it`s difficult to identify!
Good on you and Christine mind... TOP EFFORT in looking after the poor little mite:thumb2:,
Andy

She's a female Blackbird Andy, starting the season she was a soft brown, as time has gone on the contant work nest building and feeding is begining to take it's toil on her.