Posted in General on Mar 21st, 2008 No Comments »
Birds are so alive with bird song and movement. I read this poem about the death of a bird and though I’d share it with you.
Prayer for the Burial of a Bird
This sparrow died today, O Lord,
Your feathered creature small.
We lay him in the friendly earth
And ask Your blessing on us all.
It made me remember clearly [...]
Posted in Bird Food on Mar 14th, 2008 No Comments »
Sunflower hearts are eaten by a lot of birds including
Blackbird
Blue Tit
Chaffinch
Coal Tit
Dunnock
Goldfinch
Great Tit
Greenfinch
House Sparrow
Robin
Starling
Woodpecker
Sunflower hearts are not eated by the
Song thrush
Collared dove
Sunflower hearts are a good alternative to peanuts.
I don’t want to feed starlings because they arrive in such a big swarm and completely take over everything. This is what happened in August last year
Yet, [...]
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 Bird Food on Dec 17th, 2007 No Comments »
I get some of my bird feed from Soar Mill Seeds. I have to admit I buy enough to last me a while and it’s delivered in bulk. I keep it in large plastic containers with lids (in other words - new black dustbins!).
I put out a mix of different food but I always make sure I [...]
Posted in General on Dec 14th, 2007 No Comments »
I realise that birds have feelings. They can feel puzzled, happy and angry. I know this because I’ve seen it. Today a starling was walking round the meshed ground feeder. Turning his head this way and that. The starling looked like some Professor trying to work out an equasion in his head - how could [...]
Posted in Countryside of the Yorkshire Wolds on Dec 8th, 2007 No Comments »
I went out to feed the birds today. It seems such a short time ago that this tree was covered in leaves and I could hardly see the bird feeder hanging on its branches.
Now the trees are bare and winter is fast approaching.
There are four sparrows in this photograph. At one point there were about [...]
