Posted in Birds I've seen in and around my garden on Jul 13th, 2008 1 Comment »
Should I learn to love starlings?
Starlings seem to have been in decline recently in many gardens - but not in my garden.
I don’t like the gang of starlings that sometimes comes to my garden and eats the food I have put out for other species of bird. Because they sometimes come in large numbers [...]
Posted in Birds I've seen in and around my garden on Jun 24th, 2008 1 Comment »
Birds were singing just outside out front door.
The chirping and cheeping was coming from a nest inside the roof space.
I was really pleased to hear the singing every time I opened the front door.
I still can’t believe that the nest is full of starlings!
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Posted in General on Jun 8th, 2008 No Comments »
Starling attacking squirrel!
I’ve just heard about a squirrel who was trying to eat some fat treats. This squirrel was suddenly stabbed in the rump by a starling who was defending these fat ball treats
This attack by the starling on the squirrel happens every day, as the starling flies in it attacks the squirrel.
The squirrel now approaches the fat balls [...]
Posted in Birds I've seen in and around my garden on Jun 2nd, 2008 1 Comment »
Funny you should mention about crows in the garden with other birds,
We seem to have a resident crow who frequently visits our pond,
I have put bread out for the birds Mr. Crow picks up a piece and puts in the water to soften it, then proceeds to eat it, plus any fish food [...]
Posted in Birds I've seen in and around my garden, General on May 4th, 2008 No Comments »
Birds in my garden.
Thought you may be interested in photos of some of the birds that I have seen within the last half hour.
Some of the photo quality may not be brilliant, but it shows the variety of birds in the garden
I will let the bird photos do the talking
First a chaffinch -
Starling - these [...]
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 [...]
