Posted in Birds I've seen in and around my garden on Mar 27th, 2008 1 Comment »
Here are a list of birds I’ve seen this morning on my walk and in my garden. I saw these birds over the period of one hour.
I think I take birds a bit for granted so thought I would make a note of the variety I see.
1 CHAFFINCH. It’s white wings showed up as it flitted [...]
Posted in Bird Friends Around the World on Feb 6th, 2008 No Comments »
Little Grebes, Pelicans and Lotus birds are some of the birds that Andrew has seen when he walked round these wetlands near Brisbane where he lives.
This photograph shows the wetlands in the month of March.
Just been for a walk round the wetlands and a small park which has a circular latke in it.
We’ve had [...]
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 Food on Dec 7th, 2007 No Comments »
Some birds happily swing from branches of trees or hanging feeders to get their daily food supply.
Other birds including Dunnocks, Song Thrushes and Blackbirds look for food on the ground.
If they do fly to a bird table it’s usually one without a roof.
Chaffinches and sparrows eat from bird tables or the ground with equal ease.
I have had a [...]
Posted in Bird Feeders on Nov 21st, 2007 No Comments »
At the end of this note there’s a photo of the meripac ground feeder that I use. It’s really great for keeping moorhens, rooks, crows, partridges, jackdaws and farm hens away from my bird seed mix because they can’t get through the wire mesh. When those birds are all in the same area at the same [...]
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 [...]