sandeyeFeeding Around The Yard
April 1st 2009 16:26
A big raven was down munching at some left over home made bread I had tossed out onto the lawn - when a wagtail came along and started pestering it. Whilst it was somewhat amusing to see this tiny flittery bird try to annoy this giant, sleek, slow one, it made the raven fly off with the lump of bread instead of staying long enough for photographs!
Doves eat nasturtium petals? I had no idea that doves would eat flower petals. I knew they sometimes munched the nasturtium seeds, but the petals? I saw one doing this though, so they must.
A baby cuckoo-shrike was on our privet tree, biting at the twigs. I don’t think it can have been eating the sticks themselves - it must have been after some ants or other tiny bugs, but it was amusing to watch it.
Baby starlings have been on the lawn recently. Once or twice a day, the myna birds and starlings let out a loud 'we are here' chorus, whilst covering the lawn on their 'check every blade of grass' tour for munchables. Watching the baby starlings, still brown feathered, rather than dark and shiny with spots as their parents, tuck in greedily was interesting and cute. They shove their beaks into the lawn completely, instead of nipping gently - such greed!
Doves eat nasturtium petals? I had no idea that doves would eat flower petals. I knew they sometimes munched the nasturtium seeds, but the petals? I saw one doing this though, so they must.
A baby cuckoo-shrike was on our privet tree, biting at the twigs. I don’t think it can have been eating the sticks themselves - it must have been after some ants or other tiny bugs, but it was amusing to watch it.
Baby starlings have been on the lawn recently. Once or twice a day, the myna birds and starlings let out a loud 'we are here' chorus, whilst covering the lawn on their 'check every blade of grass' tour for munchables. Watching the baby starlings, still brown feathered, rather than dark and shiny with spots as their parents, tuck in greedily was interesting and cute. They shove their beaks into the lawn completely, instead of nipping gently - such greed!
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