sandeyeYard Bird Update 42
May 14th 2011 14:49
Baby birds everywhere! At least a half dozen starlings, 4 sparrows, and 2 baby blackbirds were all enjoying the back yard at once this lunchtime!
The birdbath is needing a refill more than once a day as the starlings and sparrows bathe and splash and lose the water. The soil can hardly have any bugs left as they all peck and bite and consume.
The tree outside my window is delightful entertainment. Baby starlings and sparrows sit in it waiting - parent birds come up from the bird table or ground below and all the babies give their specific sounds for ‘food, gimme food!’ til they are fed. Some flutter their tiny wings, others gape their beaks, some just make their call…
Of course I have been busy with my camera - but not yet uploaded these pictures. For now, here is a picture of a jackdaw diving into the bird table about to fly away to the chimney above with a beak full of food for their babies…
The birdbath is needing a refill more than once a day as the starlings and sparrows bathe and splash and lose the water. The soil can hardly have any bugs left as they all peck and bite and consume.
The tree outside my window is delightful entertainment. Baby starlings and sparrows sit in it waiting - parent birds come up from the bird table or ground below and all the babies give their specific sounds for ‘food, gimme food!’ til they are fed. Some flutter their tiny wings, others gape their beaks, some just make their call…
Of course I have been busy with my camera - but not yet uploaded these pictures. For now, here is a picture of a jackdaw diving into the bird table about to fly away to the chimney above with a beak full of food for their babies…
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