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
Linda257 said:Och the piece of bread brightened up the pic lol
Yep, and one sparrows tummy as well
Feeder activity in the garden over the last few days has been slow, but finally, a nut feeder has seen activity, from a dunnock.
More feeder activity, particularity the fat ball feeder, which replaced the nugget slab the birds had eaten away. It was much to the frustration of a blackbird, who once the fat balls went up, seemed to be more than elated, to which I'm trying to get a pic.
In the meantime, a happy blue tit
And still around, one coal tit with crossed mandible
The daily grey squirrel visit.
And enjoying an as yet unripe cherry that had fallen on the ground....
Mr & Mrs Blackbird feeding, Mrs B does the work on the fat balls, while Mr B enjoys scooping up the fallen pieces.
[photos taken through kitchen window]
You may need to look hard for Mr B, but he's there, his head just above the grass top centre left.......
A few from the other day.
A magpie demolishing the last of the fat ball....
A wood pigeon makes its first attempt on the feeding tray, contemplating its move....
Here we go
Wohah! That wasn't supposed to happen!
Lets try a different approach
Ahhhh, that's better
I've more feeding tray pics, but I'll save those for another posting.
Now a bit of catch up, a charming and elegant squirrel enjoying the delights of the new feeding tray!
Did I say charming and elegant?
Well, after the antics of the cumbersome wood pigeon not long beforehand, definitely elegant....
Ooooo, what's this?
Ooo, food!
Time to tuck in me thinks...
Yum yum.....
And later in the day, a blue tit, definitely charming and elegant.
A bolshy magpie, pushing anything that gets on the fat ball feeder!
After a feed, it was sounding a warning to others, "Keep off!" Or at least that's how it appeared to me.
A new feeder to replace a squirrel nibbled one, and the great tits are already there....
One of our resident wood pigeons, fanning its tail out to try and maintain balance while feeding from a tray. It didn't work, the woopie still slid down the twig it was perched on, but a good photo nonetheless....