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Bird feeding observations
Having said that the peanut feeder was being ignored I now have to say that
the last three days have seen coal tits (four at a time) green finches and blue tits going at it like gangbusters. The seed feeders are still being used but not to the same extent as just a few days ago. I do wish I knew what triggers the desire/need for different foods at different times. The jackdaws are our current comedians, picking up seed dropped by other birds, and learning to forage on their favourite lawn, teetering precariously on the rope of the pergolas and squabbling noisily with each other while doing all these things. About two days ago we heard and saw at a distance, a bird with a roseate breast and a repetitive but changeable song. It might be a linnet which I have to check up on but it was a gorgeous noise and if it is a linnet, it's a first round here. The rooks are quieter now and must be dispersing for their summer holiday - heaven only knows where they go - but we hope they'll be back as they are, usually. Collared doves are down in numbers, as are wood pigeons but blackbirds are very much with us and come into the biggest greenhouse to feed boldly from a shallow cardboard box we keep filled with crumbs and seed. They're almost entirely indifferent to people walking within inches of them and presumably know they're safe with us. We seem to be seeing less chaffinches, which were very numerous here until this year but OTOH we've seen far more coal tits and for the first time, have seen long tailed tits. Sparrows are all over the place and there is one thrush family living on the other side of the garden. The tawny owls are still around but not every day so when we hear them we're reassured. Sadly, a young barn owl was found dead in the garden a couple of weeks ago. We have no idea what killed it as there wasn't a mark on it so can only wonder if it was really a youngster or a starved adult. Two long-eared bats have now been rescued from lying carelessly in pathways and have been put into a safer habitat so we hope they will reward us with their startling acrobatics if we get evenings warm enough to tempt them out. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon (new website online but not completed - shop to come and some mild tweaking to do!) |
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