sandeyeRedwings
January 9th 2010 10:50
The redwing is not so often seen in gardens as many thrushes, but will visit in snowy cold spells to munch berries. Lucky us have one hanging out with the fieldfares in our yard.
I have not yet managed to get a photograph - but it has been seen hopping about both the front and back yards. It likes the cotoneaster berries out front and the ornage berries on a plant I do not know the identity of out back.
With a pale eye stripe and a rusty patch just below the wing, you can tell them apart from most thrushes. It was easy to identify unlike a few of the smaller birds in our yard. These thrushes eat berries, but they also eat bugs. They lay 4-6 eggs twice yearly during the period between April and July. They are known to hang out with fieldfares - as ours does. Redwings live for a lifespan of up to 5 years.
More about fieldfares in my next post.
I have not yet managed to get a photograph - but it has been seen hopping about both the front and back yards. It likes the cotoneaster berries out front and the ornage berries on a plant I do not know the identity of out back.
With a pale eye stripe and a rusty patch just below the wing, you can tell them apart from most thrushes. It was easy to identify unlike a few of the smaller birds in our yard. These thrushes eat berries, but they also eat bugs. They lay 4-6 eggs twice yearly during the period between April and July. They are known to hang out with fieldfares - as ours does. Redwings live for a lifespan of up to 5 years.
More about fieldfares in my next post.
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