Wildlife and Gardens Thread

[Blarmy]

First I’ve seen for about 40 years! Happily coexists with our moggies too.

 

 

[DJW1]

37 minutes ago, Spudulike said:

What species of bird is that?

That's what I was thinking. I don't know the location, but I'll go for American Robin

[DJW1]

19 minutes ago, Blarmy said:

First I’ve seen for about 40 years! Happily coexists with our moggies too.

 

 

Nice to see. Does it eat the cats' food? 

[Blarmy]

1 hour ago, DJW1 said:

Nice to see. Does it eat the cats' food? 

Potentially. As it’s been hot the cats are out all night so we’ve been leaving water and biscuits outside. The biscuits are gone in the morning 🧐

[Jattdogg]

4 hours ago, Spudulike said:

What species of bird is that?

 

3 hours ago, DJW1 said:

That's what I was thinking. I don't know the location, but I'll go for American Robin

It's a Canadian Robin (formerly known as the greatest American Robin ever) lol.

 

 

[Jattdogg]

So, based on the schedule the eggs should have hatched yesterday or today.

 

Sadly, when I went to check I only saw 1 bird so assume the other two got eaten. I didn't see any birds on the grass  below (ie fallen out).

 

But i got some cool video of the one. Here is a few still shots. Think he was telling me to "fack off ya ****!"

 

Looks like a freaking demagorgan lol.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited Wednesday at 22:46 by Jattdogg

[Grebfromgrebland]

Did you eat them?

[Jattdogg]

20 minutes ago, Grebfromgrebland said:

Did you eat them?

 not a good bird for curry unfortunately 

[Jattdogg]

Apologies for the bad pic quality but I am recording this via video on my phone from the window. If you look closely you can see the hatchling with its beak.wide open and parent bird about to Uber eats it some dinner.

[Free Falling Foxes]

Remembered reading a reminder earlier this summer about putting water out for the birds.

We've kept our bird bath and a small bowl filled and they certainly appreciate it. We've had birds not only drinking from it but also the odd one taking a bath. 

[Foxdiamond]

2 hours ago, Free Falling Foxes said:

Remembered reading a reminder earlier this summer about putting water out for the birds.

We've kept our bird bath and a small bowl filled and they certainly appreciate it. We've had birds not only drinking from it but also the odd one taking a bath. 

They certainly like if the bird bath is somewhere near a perching point where they can feel secure 

[Free Falling Foxes]

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