Interested in Birds? - Then join me
Nov 26th, 2007 by Birdy Trish
Don’t feel left out when you see a bird and don’t know what it is. It’s good to just notice birds flitting in and out of sight and in and out of your life.
There is such a variety of birds in Britain from wrens to Buzzards. I like what would be called ‘common garden birds’. Wrens, sparrows, blue tits, blackbirds and many more.
There’s magic in sitting back, relaxing, no matter where you are and concentrating on birds for a moment or two out of your day. Of course one thing will lead to another. Once you start letting birds into your life you’ll begin to realise they need feeding. You will probably start to notice the seasons more (in relation to bird life).
One day you will look out of your window and it will be snowing and the first thing you will think of is I’d best feed the birds or they may starve. You won’t think ‘best turn the central heating on’ or ‘ lets get the bacon frying’. You’ll rush outside throwing bird seed on the bird table, filling the feeders up, putting apple and cheese out for the ground feeders. As a community of birds scurry round the food you have just put out for them you may feel a glow of satisfaction.
One day you may realise that birds never seem to get depressed or feel sorry for themselves. The sparrow, blackbird, thrush, indeed all birds, take whatever life and the weather throws at them and fight the good fight to survive.
The robin will hop out of the gloomy hedge with his red chest, like a matador ready to fight the weather. The blackbird will make a quick hop and a dash for the cheese that’s there waiting for him. The communal sparrows will argue with each other. The Blue Tits will manage acrobatics to get at the bird food in the hanging bird feeders.
Life will go on.
