Posted in General on Nov 3rd, 2008 No Comments »
I learnt from the two RSPB Volunteers that Tawny Owls will push a Barn Owl out of a nest box and take the nest box over to breed their own young.
I always thought that Tawny and Barn Owls were similar. Never thought that one breed of Owl was agressive and the other was not.
It’s bird against bird again. [...]
Posted in Birdy Ramblings on my daily dawdle on Aug 14th, 2008 No Comments »
There has been so much rain lately. I think it has rained part of every day for nearly two weeks. I got to thinking of the birdlife and thought I’d put this poem in of a bird asking for protection for it’s nest from wind and rain - but maybe we could add protection for [...]
Posted in General on Jul 17th, 2008 No Comments »
Tawny Owls have ousted some rooks from their nest and have taken the nest over.
This has happened near our house and it seems the Tawny Owls are using the nest to rear young.
Is this unusual?
This must be unusual.
I put up a Barn Owl Nest box that doesn’t seem to be used at the moment. [...]
Posted in General on Jun 15th, 2008 No Comments »
When I saw and heard birds were nesting just outside our front door I was really pleased.
Today I have discovered that it is starlings that are nesting there.
Starlings! The birds that sometimes take over the feeders and don’t let any other bird near.
One of the starlings perches on the roof and watches me take the bird [...]
Posted in Birdy Ramblings on my daily dawdle on Jun 1st, 2008 No Comments »
This morning I found a new born chick dead on the garden path.
We call a new born chick a ‘golly’ This chick had no feathers and would be totally dependent on it’s parents. There is no way it could have got out of the nest itself. There wasn’t a nest nearby.
This newly born chick had had it’s life taken [...]
Posted in Birds I've seen in and around my garden on May 28th, 2008 No Comments »
Coincidence is a funny thing. But this has happened and so I’m going to write it down.
For about a week I’ve been listening to some young birds in a nest somewhere in the roof space near our front door. Every time we open the door we can hear them singing.
I managed to record some of this [...]
