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BIRD NEWS:118 & Naboo's debut

May 17th 2013 12:48

March had a week or so of snowy weather and one Monday, I went for a hike. I was just walking around the village on my way up and out to the new supermarket to explore, when I spotted a pheasant!

Unfortunately, I don't think I was quite quick enough to capture the bird on the camera - in either attempt.

Back to the back yard, the snow was beginning to lay. The two bird baths were under snow, the pond was frozen over, and the only bird-happy place was the table - which I swept out once. Even the seeds on my sill got snowed over!

I did have one visitor that tried to eat them though - the blackbird!

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BIRD NEWS:117

May 13th 2013 13:11

Here are a few more pictures of the blackbird that were taken in March.
Firstly - it seemed to notice I had a camera pointed towards it....

...but it enjoyed my cooking so much, it did not stare at me for too long and got back to the bread. Talking of bread, somehow, some bird carried a pieceup into the tree, for some unknown reason...

(or was it my squirrel pal, Mr Monk?)
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BIRD NEWS:116

May 8th 2013 12:53

Now, we begin the March 2013 photos. My first photos of the month were of a pair of wood pigeons sharing the bird bath. They seemed to be all puffed up to ensure all their feathers got washed properly - and took it in turns to bathe. One pigeon got a bit thirsty and decided to drink its partners bath water, but...

The next selection of photos are of one of the resident blackbirds. He enjoyed munching away at my homemade bread. Okay, I admit it looks nothing like a white slice of factory-produced shop-sold bread, but I promise you it is made from organic, natural ingredients and quite healthy for both birds and mankind - and it tastes delicious!

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BIRD NEWS:115

May 3rd 2013 16:49

Finishing February, here are some more pictures of the thrush - in my failed attempts to get a good photo.

& as the last item before we move into March, a video! It contains brief footage of a wood pigeon and some starlings....
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BIRD NEWS:114

April 30th 2013 08:34

Here is an interesting picture of the male blackbird. He was rummaging round the violet patch near the pond for bugs to munch when this shot was taken in February.

In the second photo you cannot see him as he ducked to peck something as I clicked.... but he is still there!

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BIRD NEWS:113

April 25th 2013 08:11

The dove duo continue their walk down my garden path - situated between my two veg plots. It is just well-trodden ground rather than a real path, but is now quite solid after 3 years walking!

Of course, they stop to nibble a seed or pull at a grass strand en route.

Updating you on current news - at least one baby blackbird and pigeon have been born, jackdaws are nesting noisily in the chimney, and one of the female blackbirds is tamer than the other, allowing me to be in the yard and still coming down to feed before I go inside with the feeding tub

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BIRD NEWS:112

April 22nd 2013 14:20

Today, I will start by sharing more pictures of the young blackbirds. They are just at the stage where parents are chasing them out of the parental territory. There are quite some dashings and swoopings going on with the father blackbird now protecting his area for the female and new year's brood to be. They are beginning to nest in the prickle tree near the kitchen window this year!

And now we are back to the start of february - the pair of doves. Here they are taking a stroll down the path together.....

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BIRD NEWS:111

April 18th 2013 14:14

Today I will start with a photo of a young blackbird near the pond. The second photo is of the same, but a different bird.

As we can see the blackbirds are not the only birds to hang out round 'the pool'. Here is one of our local wood pigeons - Pidge's kid, I think...!

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BIRD NEWS:110

April 14th 2013 11:21

Here we have the somewhat emptied by starling bathers bird bath tub in use for its other purpose - drinking. Still on the subkject of sparrows, here are a couple in the bird table enjoying the seed and home-made bread crumbs.