Spot the starlings??

[Duke of York]

We went to visit my family in York yesterday and when we returned I went out on our back garden to fill the dishes up with museli.

When I looked at our neighbour's roof it appeared that someone was waiting



And I used to wonder where it all went so quickly (well apart from the wood pidgeon who stands in the bowl so no-one else can get to it of course)

[agrumpycow]

Originally Posted by Duke of York

We went to visit my family in York yesterday and when we returned I went out on our back garden to fill the dishes up with museli.
When I looked at our neighbour's roof it appeared that someone was waiting
And I used to wonder where it all went so quickly (well apart from the wood pidgeon who stands in the bowl so no-one else can get to it of course)

could easily be a scene from my back garden lol, except it's a collared dove who guards the feeder!

[Ukwildlifeo]

Originally Posted by agrumpycow

could easily be a scene from my back garden lol, except it's a collared dove who guards the feeder!

more like a scene from a certain alfred hitchcock movie....

[agrumpycow]

Originally Posted by Ukwildlifeo

more like a scene from a certain alfred hitchcock movie....

agree! and the noise they make can be quite scary too!

[Dogghound]

wish that was the same for me, about two years ago was a similar scene in my back garden now there is nothing.

[Duke of York]

Whilst the starlings and the pigeons tend to eat the most my favourite visitors to the museli dishes are the blackbirds.

Mr Blackbird is usually the one waiting by the dish for me to fill it up and never goes far away so he can be first there and even tries to sneak some early



We also get the younger ones who also don't need any encouragement to help themselves .



Unfortunately the blackbirds don't seem over keen on trying to get to the dish if someone else is there so they tend to hop around the garden until the coast is clear