The birds are protesting? Am I going mad?

[Leighsa]

I regularly put food out for the birds but it's usually very little, but the safest spot in the garden can only hold so much food. Unless, it's feeding time the birds don't really get seen, however, as soon as the Wood Pigeon couple come along all of them start to appear, I recognise many of the regulars and they're on the nearby branches flapping their wings, the blackbirds chattering away, and they always look at me as if trying to get me to do something. It does look as if they're protesting against the pigeons eating all of the food.

I think I'm going mad with all these illusions, but is this possible?

[Jason Green]

Originally Posted by Leighsa

...as soon as the Wood Pigeon couple come along all of them start to appear, I recognise many of the regulars and they're on the nearby branches flapping their wings, the blackbirds chattering away...

Territorial marking? Perhaps they are planning on 'mobbing' the WPs. Any nests nearby?

[vole-woman]

I nearly trod on a female pheasant just now while I was surveying a ditch, and if looks could kill I'd have been toast. So I know what you mean!