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08-07-2009, 10:18 PM
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| | | Re: Bird of the day!
My Birds of the Day are... Jackdaws with the distinctive grey neck and chack-chack call, a group of coots including at least one youngster, a Tern most likely Common, a few Egyptian Geese and a late-arriving Heron! |
08-07-2009, 11:18 PM
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| | | Re: Bird of the day!
A Jay today, not too far from the garden but not actually in it! better luck next time I suppose.
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09-07-2009, 10:16 AM
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| | | Re: Bird of the day!
Woken up way too early today by a thunderous noise on the roof...thought it was a bunch of baboons running around(not that we often get thet happening!!!),rushed outsie & it was a bunch of crows.....dunno if they were mating or fighting...but they can go do it elsewhere!!!! 
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09-07-2009, 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by James M  A Jay today, not too far from the garden but not actually in it! better luck next time I suppose. | We've had Jays coming into our garden for a while now, but today was the first time I've managed to get a half decent shot....  |
09-07-2009, 11:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Tobermorey We've had Jays coming into our garden for a while now, but today was the first time I've managed to get a half decent shot.... | SNAP !!!!Jay for me too 
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10-07-2009, 09:49 PM
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| | | Re: Bird of the day!
I wish I had my camera ready all the time... today I was watching a Great Spotted Woodpecker on my peanuts when a Jay flew in. The two of them hung on the feeder until a carefully aimed peck from the Jay saw off the GSW. Then 2 juvenile Jays flew in and perched on the bench under the feeder, demanding to be fed.
By the time I had my camera ready this was all I could get...  |
10-07-2009, 10:15 PM
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| | | Re: Bird of the day!
I can't decide between the Kestrel that was hovering around me so low I could almost see his eyes or the bullfinch, the second time I've ever seen one. I saw both today on my walk but for one reason or another didn't get a decent pic of either 
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11-07-2009, 11:10 AM
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| | | Re: Bird of the day!
It may seem trivial but I finally saw a bird on our feeding station other than Starlings, Blackbirds, Pigeons or Doves. It was a young Bluetit too. We have Goldfinches living very close to our garden but they don't visit anymore due to our 3 cats. I designed a highrise bird station which sits in the middle of the garden about 7 feet high. They just don't seem interested even though we use a range of RSPB bird food. |
11-07-2009, 11:50 AM
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| | | Re: Bird of the day!
 
photo's of the Bluetit |
11-07-2009, 01:09 PM
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| | | Re: Bird of the day!
Wonderful...I was standing musing on my verandah watching blackbirds busily going about their business, a great spotted woodpacker flying over, a juvenile robin, collared doves, a goldfinch..as scene full of birds.
Then all of a sudden a lovely whitethroat appeared on the fence, and I was just thinking "this is BotD"...
....then along came the pair of bullfinches that are resident herabouts and three fledged youngsters, being fed on thistle seed by Dad. Never seen that before...definitely it's the Bullfinch family for BotD!
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