shazzbat writes

"Oxymel of Squill" wrote in message
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This http://www.noahsarkgardens.co.uk/Wil...ardenBirds.htm
may help with identification. Definitely do not feed it in the manner
you describe or disturb it in any way otherwise it will vacate the nest.
Just keep your distance. It will find plenty of food. You can help by
making sure that predators do not cause harm.

the letterbox is on a garden gate that gets opened and closed al the time,
and now and again we lift the lid and say hello, it seems perfectly happy
about all this
:-)
It might be an idea to tell the postie not to deliver anything like the
Argos catalogue. : -(

And if you really want to help with the feeding, a tray with a few mealworms
on it might be appreciated.

Placed nearby not adjacent

I really do think it would be a good idea to try and keep away as much
as possible. They may be happy about your presence now, but if something
else scared them, then your visit might become the last straw.
--
Kay

It's like the Glastonbury broadcasts, where the rather annoying and
irrelevant presenters were on screen more time that the musicians, damn
stupid and not what this viewer wants at all.

they do it all the time, apart from the famous "blonking", at wimbledon the
camera is forever on faces in the crowd trying to ham up a bit of dramatic
tension, if Delia makes a complicated quiche the camera isn't on her fingers
it's on her face, when the Mitchell & Kenyon films fetched up there was as
much footage of Dan Cruickshank watching them for us as there was of the
films themselves

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"Oxymel of Squill" wrote in message
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A bird of some sort is squatting in my spare letterbox, wih 10
eggs, just now hatching. I can't tell two birds apart except this
isn't a pigeon so it's not for the chop. It is small, black and
grey with a yellow splash on its chest.

I was wondering if the best thing to do is leave it alone to get on
with it or to show a spot of hospitality by posting a worm or two
through the letterbox. Anyone have any ideas what it might be / to
feed or not? cheers

Sounds like a Coal Tit

http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/bird...ltit/index.asp

Coal tits don't have the yellow flash. I bet it's a great tit. There
are loads of them about this year, where I am.
Could be. Their backs are green though.

True, but you don't see the back when you're loking at the yellow front :-)

Greenfinches???

Beryl