On Mon, 26 Dec 2011 03:19:42 -0800 (PST), bobharvey
wrote:

I think the winter one is a bit thin, and over more quickly.

Lucky you! Here the racket starts at about 4 am and then continues
steadily until dusk when it quietens down a bit until late evening
when the owls start up. It's not unusual for them to keep at it until
the early hours, finishing just in time to let the main racket start
again!

The local birds operate a queuing system* - a row of trees beside the
house leading to the main feeding area gradually fills up and then the
queue slowly advances with those who've fed rejoining the end of the
queue for after's. The queue for the bird table is more vertical -
they start at the top of a nearby tree and move down in turns.

We've noticed that one woodpecker, if displaced from a peanut feeder
by other woodpeckers, has now taken to pecking noisily at the sat dish
which is right outside the guest bedroom window so no chance of anyone
having a lie in beyond about 8.30! If only the other birds could keep
time with the beat, it might be better

* except for starlings - a lone starling arrives for a recce. Hops
around a bit and flies off. About two minutes later the flock arrives
and war breaks out as they try to jump the queue. Surprisingly, the
smaller tits usually win the argument.

Cheers, Jake
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Urgling happily from the dryer end of Swansea Bay
because Santa's delivered a new weather station
so now I'll know how dry it is when it stops raining!