Originally posted by Padraig
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What birds (are you/have you been) watching? What birds have been watching you?
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... walking the tow-path of the Grand Union Canal down from Southall to Brentford and the Thames yesterday - have never seen quite so many coots. And so aggressive ! Various coots chasing rivals at least a hundred yards along the canal, angry quacks/hoots, flapping of wings. And not giving up, relentlessly chasing a 'rival' again and again and again. Is it territorial, or chasing rivals away from a (potential) partner?
The swans, moorhens, and mallards (gay and straight pairs) were peace personified in comparison...
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First time on the garden bench this year, sunshine, lovely to the hear the gentle air full of twittering and calling, from Tawny Owl to Parakeet, Black-Headed Gulls to Long-Tailed Tits....Goldfinches and Great Tits with their endless melodies. Smooth Classics without any need for a presenter.
Then, suddenly - a Peacock Butterfly! Alighted on my hand (which was on The Cat's back). We both stared at it wonderingly... then it was off, back into the sky against the sun, and gone. One of the earliest I've ever had. Perhaps it had hibernated in the garage, or a curtain-top somewhere with the ladybirds, who are also stirring now......
Must go and re-site one of the suet blocks now. Disappearing every morning, I suspect the Jackdaws up to their old Spring Tricks again. Nestling it among the wild rose thorns would be best, but I'll need the garden gauntlets...
I never made a better bird-gardening purchase than those green RSPB hooks...
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Originally posted by jayne lee wilson View PostFirst time on the garden bench this year, sunshine, lovely to the hear the gentle air full of twittering and calling, from Tawny Owl to Parakeet, Black-Headed Gulls to Long-Tailed Tits....Goldfinches and Great Tits with their endless melodies. Smooth Classics without any need for a presenter.
Then, suddenly - a Peacock Butterfly! Alighted on my hand (which was on The Cat's back). We both stared at it wonderingly... then it was off, back into the sky against the sun, and gone. One of the earliest I've ever had. Perhaps it had hibernated in the garage...
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Originally posted by jayne lee wilson View PostFirst time on the garden bench this year, sunshine, lovely to the hear the gentle air full of twittering and calling, from Tawny Owl to Parakeet, Black-Headed Gulls to Long-Tailed Tits....Goldfinches and Great Tits with their endless melodies. Smooth Classics without any need for a presenter.
Then, suddenly - a Peacock Butterfly! Alighted on my hand (which was on The Cat's back). We both stared at it wonderingly... then it was off, back into the sky against the sun, and gone. One of the earliest I've ever had. Perhaps it had hibernated in the garage, or a curtain-top somewhere with the ladybirds, who are also stirring now......
Must go and re-site one of the suet blocks now. Disappearing every morning, I suspect the Jackdaws up to their old Spring Tricks again. Nestling it among the wild rose thorns would be best, but I'll need the garden gauntlets...
I never made a better bird-gardening purchase than those green RSPB hooks...
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Originally posted by LezLee View PostIt's a bright sunny day and my lovely little wren (m/f?) is singing away in the cotoneaster bush.
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Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View PostI hadn't realised that the wren is Britain's commonest bird - can you believe that?? It came up on one of those irritating pre-ad break questionnaires yesterday.
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