Bird of the day!

[Gandalf]

My bird of the day has to be a breeding pair of Bullfinches (no images as I was on the computer at the time) which appeared very suddenly, male feeding off the ground feeder and female perched on top of my pole feeders. What a beautiful bird they are.

Cheers,

[thwick in 'ead]

Originally Posted by Gandalf

My bird of the day has to be a breeding pair of Bullfinches (no images as I was on the computer at the time) which appeared very suddenly, male feeding off the ground feeder and female perched on top of my pole feeders. What a beautiful bird they are.

Cheers,

I agree with you, they are such stunning birds, I always listen for them when I am out walking, especially in woodland, that haunting whistle is so enchanting.

[John]

Originally Posted by Paul mabbott

What makes my day is when I see one of the very common birds that never seem to come into the garden (starlings, sparrows &c) - today a carrion crow striding around on the lawn. This is the first I've seen in the garden for three years despite them being constantly in the wood and on the house tops ....
Incidentally, it wasn't eating the food provided for birds, just pecking in the grass .....

I'm with you. That is why I posted the image of a Jackdaw. They fly over the garden with the Crows all the time but whereas the Crows have yet to settle the Jackdaw at last has decided to take the feed on offer.

John

[pressld2]

My bird of the day today (and most days) is the blue tit. My office window overlooks the side of a house where, at some point in the past they have moved the bathroom overflow pipe and not bothered to fill the old hole. Blue tits are using this to get into the cavity and are nesting in there...



I spend far too much time watching (and photographing ) them when I should be working.

There is a stag's horn sumach (rhus typhina) outside my window too and there were long-tailed tits in it today. Didn't get a photo of them though (I do do some work!)

[cherrybee]

I am a bit behind for my bird of the day.I havent been feeling too good but yesterday I saw a Swallow in our local park flying above me too fast and high to photograph and the day before I saw a Swallow at Bowling Green Marsh.I heard it before I saw it
Chuffed to have seen them 2 days in a row

[Gaina]

We've got a pair of Green Finches building a nest in the conifer hedge right opposite the dining room window so I can watch them when I'm having my coffee in the morning .

It also gives me a lovely position to take photos from as I can disguise myself under the green garden parasol - not that I think I need to because they seem oblivious to my dad pottering in the garage which is very close to the nest!

[John]

No photo this time but I dropped over to my local reserve (Brandon Marsh) after work tonight. Straight away I saw my first Common Tern, then a Sedge Warbler then heard my target bird, a Grasshopper Warbler.

I stood over where it was singing for just over two hours and thankfully at 20:15 it showed for about a minute at the top of some bracken.

That is a good bird to see as you normally have to work hard at seeing them.

Whilst waiting I was privileged to at least twenty Swallow and a similar number of Sand Martins flying over my head as well as a Green Sandpiper and two Snipe.

A very nice couple of hours to finish the day off.

John

[Chris Hammond]

Managed to get a quick shot of the aforementioned Little Owl out of the car window today. Pity about the clutter of twigs arouind him.

[nightshade]

I had just finished some watering and was walking back down
the garden through an arch,a woodpigeon flying in to the feeders
(to the right) banked sharpely away from me and clawed for height
at almost the same instant the Sparrowhawk,that had had the pigeon
set up, went past me with a whoosh,Wow a close up of talons
spread wide and a shower of birch leaves and they were gone

[glsammy]

A lovely shot Chris. I'm not sure I could resist cloning out those branches!