General Chat

I have put up the Coconut again just outside my Patio Doors.Same place as before but I have been very disappointed in the number of birds on it so far :-(
But a lovely sight this afternoon to see the Green Woodpecker enjoying a feast on the lawn :-D
No Earless Squirrel so far.I wonder if it has gone elsewhere now.Does anyone know if Squirrels keep to the same territory each year?.

12 red kites Jane that would be a wonderful sight. Can't think there would be that many buzzards together.

Didn't see that many birds in Tenerife, the resident hawk was overhead most days and a few canaries, a seagull or two and that was about it, but we did spot the fins of about four dolphins just off the shore when we were having lunch one day. :-)

I hear a flock /group of Canada Geese at the same time each morning fly right over us.(I think I mentioned this a little while ago) but then they stopped.Now back again.
They make such a racket they wake the dog up lol.
Bird life has been very quiet in my garden .But hopefully now when I start putting the feeders out again things will liven up.
There are lots of Purple poops all over my patio .Elderberry time :-S

Hello Jane:)

Wow that must have been a sight:)

We've been getting.........:

a couple of Robins, a blackbird every now and then, loads of great tits, coal tits and a few blue tits, 20-30 sparrows, coupe of jackdaws, my crow every now and then, and a nuthatch everyday...he was even sitting on the wires telling Vic to hurry up filling the dishes up:))...he likes the mixed nuts that l crush in my chopping machine:)

jude :-) x

Oh my word.I just realised the last posting was the 20th September !!!!

We saw 12 Red Kites(or could be Buzzards ) the other day.The most I have seen at the same time is 7.They were so high up it was a bit difficult to see properly.

One busy Squirrel in the garden,rushing everywhere with a mouth full of conkers lol
I must start putting the coconuts back up outside the Patio door.I would love to see my Earless Squirrel again (if it is still around).

Just been watching goldfinches and green finches feeding off the feeder on the patio here, really close to the window but of course the camera wasn't.t to hand

Thanks for that Shaun:)

jude :-)

I heard an owl this morning at 6.30.It was still quite dark.I will keep an ear open again in the morning (if I'm awake) and see if I can fathom out where it is coming from.Hopefully from one of our big trees :-D
I found a conker on the patio this morning...think it must have been from a squirrel on manouvers(sp)?Other than that there is not a lot to report bird wise from my garden.

Thanks Shaun for that

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Hello Susan:)

Send me some photo's of the birds, l'll add them to the blog:)

Some birds may see a reflection of themselves!!

Still not spoken to neighbour:(

nite nite
jude

Susan ,the birds that peck at the windows seem to go for the rubber seals around the window frames(not the actual window),but it sounds like they are tapping the window.
I think some time ago I send a pic to Jude's blog of a Blue Tit at my window.
Never Heard of a Wax Eye.I have heard of Waxwings but don't know what they look like.Will have do a google.But that will have to wait now until tomorrow (watching Who do you think you are).

Hi Jane,

We don't have Blue Tits or Wagtails - or maybe we do by another name :-S.

I thought it was a really curious thing for a bird to do... Drives fruit nuts.

We have a bird like a Robbin, but not sure if it is..

At the moment, we have Wax Eyes in the garden, they are really cute.

Hi Susan
The birds I have had pecking at my windows are Blue Tits and Wagtails.I don't think it would be Sparrows.Have to say they do look funny when they do it lol

Good upside down morning,

My fruit and her partner have moved into their own home and have been chopping out a lot of growth that was too close to the house, covering windows etc.

Now they have birds (she can't tell me which - sparrows or the like I would think),
literally pecking at the bedroom window each day.
I have never heard the like,

Can anyone enlighten us to why this might be happening ?

I don't think they were nesting in the growth.

Susan :-)

Ooo Island...l know, :-0

Ooo :-0 I didn't expect a grassy to look like that.

Lovely dragonfly Jude, well spotted.

Hello Jane....no, can only see one now. Neighbour has just got in from work, will at least let him have his tea:))

Have you looked on my blog.....they are definately Grass snakes (well l think so anyways)...thank you for that:)

jude :-)

edit....l have as photo of a Large Red Dragonfly for blog, it was on our little wall this morning:))) its a little nature reserve here now:))

What a lovely video Jude.Any news on your eggs today??

http://www.arkive.org/grass-snake/natrix-natrix/video-09b.html


nite nite x