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| Posted: Sun May 24th, 2020 08:52 |
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Iain
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This is the best I can offer as I only have a yard and don't get much in. Attachment: DI5_2320.jpg (Downloaded 58 times)
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| Posted: Sun May 24th, 2020 08:53 |
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chrisbet
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Clearly much more risky than you thought!
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| Posted: Sun May 24th, 2020 08:54 |
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Iain
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Eric wrote:Well that's it folks. I am giving up photographing baby's starlings. Thats the trouble when you still think your 25. I don't have the cat issue with three dogs. 
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| Posted: Sun May 24th, 2020 10:09 |
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chrisbet
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Lol - my 3 dogs try to take out the pigeons when they land in the garden!
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| Posted: Sun May 24th, 2020 12:37 |
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Eric
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Iain wrote:This is the best I can offer as I only have a yard and don't get much in. When are likely to be able to get out to your reserve, Iain? I know the public hides are shut at RSPB et al sites but I thought you had a private place to visit like Jeff? Incidentally has anyone heard from Jeff? He's not been posting and do hope he has stayed safe away from the virus with his heart condition. 🤞
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| Posted: Sun May 24th, 2020 13:03 |
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Iain
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I can get out to the reserves now but not into the hides. The problem now is with the trees etc in full leaf you don't see much. The feeding stations/hides is where you would see things at this time of year so in a catch 22.
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| Posted: Sun May 24th, 2020 16:10 |
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chrisbet
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Rather a grey day here but looking out the window I noticed an odd bird on the birdbath - it seemed to have a white rump and dark wings - went to grab the camera but it had flown. So I waited a while to see if it reappeared which it didn't! However I did have the blackbirds screaming back & forth - not settling for a drink - then I spotted one of our noisy neighbours up in the top of the trees -  Click here to comment on this image. and a moment later, which explains the blackbird's antics -  Click here to comment on this image.
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| Posted: Mon May 25th, 2020 03:07 |
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Eric
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Iain wrote:I can get out to the reserves now but not into the hides. The problem now is with the trees etc in full leaf you don't see much. The feeding stations/hides is where you would see things at this time of year so in a catch 22. My birding friend Mike was telling me that the Cley reserve has been completely closed off to the public, not just the hides. In the few weeks we were all in total lockdown, many birds have started nesting within feet of the paths....including a Bittern! They don't want to risk scaring them off before the young fledge. I suspect the wardens and friends are getting some good photographs. ☹ï¸
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| Posted: Mon May 25th, 2020 03:23 |
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Eric
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chrisbet wrote:Rather a grey day here but looking out the window I noticed an odd bird on the birdbath - it seemed to have a white rump and dark wings - went to grab the camera but it had flown. So I waited a while to see if it reappeared which it didn't! Nicely caught. Magpies can be very skitty and 'shy'. I find them difficult to get optimum exposure due to the intense white and black. There's also something prehistoric about how a magpie moves about. I reckon they are closely related to velociraptors 😆 We have a family that visit us. With all the small bird nesting that must be in the guarding we put food out for these predators to try to defray loss of there offspring. Magpies love corn, Jays love half peanuts, jackdaws love mealworms and squirrels eat anything but prefer nuts and sunflower hearts. Interestingly the Tits don't like half peanuts especially without the husk. I suppose they like a round object they recognise as the real McCoy? If we put half peanuts in a feeder they regularly through away several whities before getting one they like....the ground crew (pigeons and doves) are always appreciative. It's quite a complicated (not to mention expensive) life managing wildlife mealtimes in this place. 😞
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| Posted: Mon May 25th, 2020 04:54 |
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chrisbet
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I never feed the birds - we have a very woodland like garden with a variety of trees and surrounding wild hedges that attract and feed the birds, from the hawthorn that the doves & pigeons love to eat the buds in May through to the apples & plums in autumn. The garden is full of insects that attract the bats as well. We have several species that nest every year, blue tits in the boxes, blackbirds, wrens & robins in the hedges and doves, magpies and pigeons in the trees. The problem is that they have such good cover that getting a clear shot of them is usually only possible if they are at the bird baths or the pond.
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