Posted in Diary on May 20th, 2008 No Comments »
I filled the feeders early this morning.
I was turning a corner near the house when a flash of black ’skurried’ round the corner towards me, near the ground. I think we made each other jump.
It was a blackbird with a large piece of apple in it’s beak. So at least this morning the starlings haven’t had [...]
Posted in Diary on Dec 18th, 2007 No Comments »
How do birds survive in winter? They are so small and frail yet they withstand the harshest weather.
On cold winter days birds ‘fluff’ up their feathers to keep warm. This creates air pockets which helps to keep the bird warm.
Some birds perch on one leg. The bird draws the other leg to it’s breast to keep it warm.
To [...]
Posted in Diary on Dec 11th, 2007 No Comments »
Have you ever put bird food out when the sky is pitch black and the stars are bright in the sky?
No? Very wise of you
I’ve been away at dawn for the past 3 mornings so have been feeding in a morning by torchlight and bringing in the bird feeders on a night by torchlight.
One of the bird [...]
Posted in Diary on Nov 29th, 2007 1 Comment »
Just after dawn this morning I stood quietly in a country lane watching a bird of prey in the distance, hovering on the invisibe currents of air. My untrained eye couldn’t tell which bird of prey it was. But in some ways that didn’t matter.
The bird was silhouetted high against the sky. It was flying [...]
Posted in Diary on Nov 7th, 2007 No Comments »
It’s dark, cold and windy outside this morning. It’ll soon be time to get the coal fire blazing in the grate and make sure the central heating is working. I want to keep warm this winter.
I’ve just been outside and filled up the bird feeders.
Back inside the house I’ve been watching the birds through the [...]
Posted in Diary on Nov 6th, 2007 2 Comments »
Hi, I had to be outside early this morning. I was filling the bird feeders up before the birds had woken from their hedgerow slumbers. It’s nice to provide bed and breakfast to a variety of garden birds. They’ll hop out of the hedge and onto the bird feeders.
It’s when the squirrel, rooks and crows arrive [...]