Posted in Birds I've seen in and around my garden on Jan 27th, 2008 2 Comments »
I’ve seen two or three blackbirds this morning. The blackbirds are feeding inside the meshed feeder which I’ve put underneath a bush to stop the bird seed blowing away.
Posted in Birds I've seen in and around my garden on Jan 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
Have our moorhens been eaten by foxes? Poor Maisie Moorhen if this has happened
This summer for the first time we had two moorhens at the farm pond and I called one Maisie, in the end they were all Maisie.
They raised some young moorhens on this pond. The young moorhens were shy and timid until they [...]
Posted in Bird Food on Jan 22nd, 2008 1 Comment »
I use my meshed ground feeder a lot and I’ve placed it outside my kitchen window so I can easily watch the birds feeding through the window.
I’ve started to put a lot of different food in the feeder. This morning I thought that maybe I maybe I was putting out too much bird food on [...]
Posted in Bird Feeders on Jan 16th, 2008 No Comments »
I’ve heard from another birding enthusiast who is having trouble with large birds eating all the food from the bird table. It’s great to hear from people who are interested in birds and to share our problems and hopefully find a solution.
He, like me, agrees that you get a great view of birds when they [...]
Posted in Birds I've seen in and around my garden on Jan 5th, 2008 6 Comments »
A white feathered blackbird has just made a striking appearance at my bird table.
Posted in Bird Food on Jan 3rd, 2008 No Comments »
I woke up to a winter’s scene. Snow had covered the ground and the garden pond was frozen, so I knew I’d best feed and water the birds straight away.
It’s noon and I’ve put bird food out for the garden birds 3 times this morning already.
When I got up in the early morning gloom. Before I [...]
