Posted in News on Aug 13th, 2008 No Comments »
A pure white blackbird has been seen in a garden in Lincolnshire. It would certainly stand out from all the other birds.
I myself have seen two blackbirds with patches of white on them.
Evolution is a funny thing. I bet the white blackbird does not last long. It will stand out, be seen more easily be [...]
Posted in Birds I've seen in and around my garden on Jul 15th, 2008 1 Comment »
I remember talking to someone last year who had seen two blackbirds trying to stop two magpies stealing their eggs.
The blackbirds were unsucessful and the blackbird’s eggs were raided by the two magpies.
It’s the law of the jungle in the English countryside
Magpies have been raiding birds nests for years. It is a well known [...]
Posted in Birds I've seen in and around my garden on Jul 14th, 2008 No Comments »
This morning I have seen a lovely red breasted robin on my garden fence looking down at the ground feeder.
Then as I was throwing some scraps onto the lawn I came upon a thrush hopping on the grass. The thrush didn’t see me and I came quite close to it - I think this was [...]
Posted in General on May 25th, 2008 4 Comments »
Taking photos of bird’s is something I enjoy doing, but am not very good at it!
I took this photo of a blackbird in my garden yesterday. Wondered what it was thinking, and if it thought this was some kind of big worm!!
If you can think of a funny caption, just fill in the [...]
Posted in General on May 24th, 2008 2 Comments »
Blacksbirds are thought of as black with a yellow beak. Which is right. But the female blackbird is a lighter colour.
Here are two short videos of blackbirds in my garden. One isn’t very clear, but I’ve added a photo at the end as well.
Male Blackbird
Female Blackbird
Here is a close up photo of a female blackbird. [...]
Posted in General on May 10th, 2008 No Comments »
Blackbirds in my garden.
Here are two short videos I’ve taken of two blackbirds in my garden.
One is a male blackbird the other is a female blackbird. The video of the female blackbird isn’t very clear - but I’ve tried.
I’ve had help getting these videos done and I’d like to say thanks to everyone involved.
Male Blackbird [...]