Its not nice times for all of us, reserves closed, many having to go into self isolation and much more.
James, may I apologise first, with your intended house move now on hold and all your feeders taken down in preparation, I do feel for you.
I know a good many of the community members are now concentrating more on their garden birds and feeders, and I was sort of hoping that a thread dedicated to the current situation may help to take some of the sting away.
Birds, and even mammals, particularly squirrels, will frequent our feeders to get their nutrients, and some take interesting chances to get their feed, so ~I thought starting a thread where all can share their photos may just put some cheer back in the world.
An articulate magpie after a coconut half....
And lastly, a blackbird trying to get on to a feeder, almost managing it, but not quite!
Stay safe folks, and please feel free to share, no matter how good the quality is, lets bring a smile back to this world.
Mike
Flickr: Peak Rambler
Blue Tit enjoying the fat balls....
And a cheeky grey squirrel having a nibble, or two....
A wood pigeon on the seed feeder....
And again, a cheeky grey squirrel on the fat balls, though I think this may be a Mrs, showing her bits....
A wood pigeon flying up to the feeder. Alas it never managed to get on, but it made for a nice take off pic....
Lot to learn
gaynorsl said:Like the Wood Pigeon on the feeder Mike, they look too big to balance up there somehow but it gave you a chance for a good pic.
Thank you Gaynor. They do have a problem getting on to the feeder, very often misjudging the small platform to land on, and have to abort. It's quite funny to watch, but one or two manage to make the landing, and careful use of the wings, manage to keep their balance.
Even funnier, once one makes it on the feeder, others come scurrying in to feed on what drops to the ground!
I keep trying to get a video, but a combination of I'm too slow or the light is wrong keeps snagging my attempts, but I will, one day...
A blue tit from a couple of days ago,
The light was just about right to enable cropping of the photos. The 2nd & 4th pics are heavily cropped
A couple more from the garden feeders
And squirrel damage!
(Pardon the Scottish Accent)
A couple from today in my garden
Squirrel proofed once again...not!