You've got to laugh

[witham]

Just been having my tea watching the ground feeding birds having theirs after the rain, they included 5 yellow hammers, assorted sparrows, finches, 4 blackbirds, a pigeon, two collared doves and a grey legged partridge, suddenly a water hen that had been on the fish pond came running across the lawn it's neck straight out like an exorcet missile it charged through the birds and made a beeline for the partridge and chased it round the garden bit like Benny Hill, the partridge vanished and the moorhen went back on the pond, next thing the partridge was back with its mate and both went to the food the moorhen came off the pond but wasn't so brave with there being two of them and hung back a bit, then the local pheasant flew in for his tea and scattered all of them who needs the tv with all that happening

[Deb London]

Hee, hee, and I bet there was more than enough food to go round too.

I love the bit where the Waterhen thought twice about it when there were two Partridges.

[Xanadu2]

Love it! Thanks!

This bird is interesting - 'grey legged partridge'... Errm, they are grey, or red-legged,...so which was it please?

I remember when I lived in Sussex, there were a couple of birds who courted with the female running round the garden as fast as her legs would carry her with the male sprinting just as fast after her. I remember the comic aspect better then the species but I think they were grey partridges.

[~T~]

Hahaha

[witham]

Originally Posted by Xanadu2

Love it! Thanks!

This bird is interesting - 'grey legged partridge'... Errm, they are grey, or red-legged,...so which was it please?

I remember when I lived in Sussex, there were a couple of birds who courted with the female running round the garden as fast as her legs would carry her with the male sprinting just as fast after her. I remember the comic aspect better then the species but I think they were grey partridges.

Ooops, sorry got me legs wrong, it's definitely a red legged partridge unless it's been to a tanning salon must have been thinking about a grey partridge as I typed

[sunnydale]

Nice story and I agree.......much better than watching the TV!

Tracey

[Lemars]

Thar made I chuckle too

[actionfinch]

I like that ... its the silly little things that i like to see birds do.I was round a friends house the other day , it started to rain then out of nowhere several wood pigeons came done landed on his pool cover and started lifting there wings ,having a shower.

[Adam Cheeseman]

I like how the Water Hen turned into a Moorhen too

[witham]

I'd had a very busy day but thought they were the same thing