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 [...]
Posted in General on May 1st, 2008 No Comments »
I had a question about why birds would take bird food from a hawthorn tree but would not visit a bird table in the same garden-
I could not think of an answer and so I asked an elderley Yorkshire country gentleman who said -
There must be a predator about - maybe a sparrowhawk.
A sparrowhawk won’t [...]
Posted in Birds I've seen in and around my garden on Apr 9th, 2008 No Comments »
After I’d put bird food out for the birds I took the dog a walk. It was a lovely morning.
From a distance I saw something sitting quietely in the hedge. It was very inconspicuous.
If you scroll to the end of this note you’ll see a very good close up photo of the female blackbird
I walked [...]
Posted in General on Mar 25th, 2008 No Comments »
The lady blackbird has been seating on the nest for over a week now. I am worried though how this terrible weather is going to affect the procedure. Any experience on the matter ? Thanks
I received this question yesterday .
It’s hard to watch when things go wrong for wildlife. The only thing to do is help by putting [...]
Posted in Birds I've seen in and around my garden on Mar 5th, 2008 3 Comments »
Bird photographs - I enjoyed myself this morning trying to get photographs of birds.
I only managed to get two good ones. Here they are -
Blackbird having a rest after eating its breakfast
Robin at home near the garden
Posted in Bird Food on Feb 29th, 2008 No Comments »
Peanut Granules are brilliant bird food they are power packed with proteins and oil which makes them a nourising nibble for our garden birds.
Peanut granules are one of the types of bird food that I put out every day and the birds go mad for them.
Using peanut granules as bird food gives birds energy for [...]
