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The birds dont care
I have the feeder about 5ft from the window, and its light rain outside,
but on the feeder now are 5 long tailed tits, 1 blue tit, 1 great tit 1 Hedge sparrow (dunnock) 1 Female sparrow, 1 Robin and for the first time in almost a year a male Black Cap Most scattered now by the arrival of one of our Greater spotted woodpecker. David @ a damp side of Swansea bay |
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On 21/12/2014 13:03, David wrote:
I have the feeder about 5ft from the window, and its light rain outside, but on the feeder now are Most scattered now by the arrival of one of our Greater spotted woodpecker. Yes, we have one of those as a local thug too! GSW are bullies, happily scaring smaller birds off, but seemingly scared of their own shadows - as soon as I walk into the room they are off, whereas most of the tits, sparrows, and the like stay on. Mind you, it was rather pleasing a few months ago to see the mother GSW feed a peanut piece to a baby, while father looked on, all on top of the pergola from which the feeders hang. Very few Lone Rangers (goldfinches) this year compared to the last few. -- Jeff |
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On Sun, 21 Dec 2014 14:05:25 +0000, Jeff Layman
wrote: Most scattered now by the arrival of one of our Greater spotted woodpecker. Yes, we have one of those as a local thug too! GSW are bullies, happily scaring smaller birds off, but seemingly scared of their own shadows - as soon as I walk into the room they are off, whereas most of the tits, sparrows, and the like stay on. One of the most amusing clips a wildlife camera caught here was the arrival of a GSW on the nut feeder with an exodus of blue tits, but only for about 40 seconds, the Tits regained their composure on a nearby bush and then returned en masse more or less pushing the woodpecker out of the way. It came back later when things were quieter. One young woodpecker would tolerate me gently approaching as close as 10ft from the feeder but reverted to the normal off at the first sign of presence as it got older. G.Harman G.Harman |
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Regular visitor to our feeders is a sparrowhawk. Not after the nuts either ! All is peaceful sharing with the regular woodies though (:-) Pete |
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"Peter & Jeanne" wrote in message ... Regular visitor to our feeders is a sparrowhawk. Not after the nuts either ! All is peaceful sharing with the regular woodies though (:-) Pete I stopped feeding the birds due to this very thing - a very persistant sparrowhawk who saw my bird table and hanging feeders as an ideal opportunity. It felt like I was just setting up a trap for the small bird's demise. Unfortunately, the sparrowhawk nested in my garden hatching 6 chicks so it will be quite a while before I can feed the birds again. Feeding the birds used to give me a lot of pleasure. |
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"Malcolm" wrote in message ... In article , Christina Websell writes "Peter & Jeanne" wrote in message ... Regular visitor to our feeders is a sparrowhawk. Not after the nuts either ! All is peaceful sharing with the regular woodies though (:-) Pete I stopped feeding the birds due to this very thing - a very persistant sparrowhawk who saw my bird table and hanging feeders as an ideal opportunity. It felt like I was just setting up a trap for the small bird's demise. Unfortunately, the sparrowhawk nested in my garden hatching 6 chicks so it will be quite a while before I can feed the birds again. Feeding the birds used to give me a lot of pleasure. Then carry on doing so. Sparrowhawks deserve to feed, too, and each will be satisfied by the equivalent of one starling per day. By having them nest in your garden, they were taking up to 8 times that.during the rearing period, so there's no logic in a different attitude during the winter! I don't care what you say, I'm not going to feed birds in my garden while I have sparrowhawks here that will pick them off the birdtable. I so wish they were not protected. |
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