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
Grey squirrel not only feeding, but gnawing away at the feeder while feeding!
I think I'm being watched!
Magpies at sunset.
(Pardon the Scottish Accent)
Some, very poor quality videos of our feeders, after a trial and error messing with the settings.... Apologies for the poor video quality, all haves been taken through the kitchen window virtually into the sunlight.
A male blackbird attempting to feed from a fat ball nugget feeder.
https://youtu.be/teKEHjcSfds
A grey squirrel, one of many garden visitors, feeding from a bird seed feeder, and, gnawing away at the feeder to enable access to the seed.
https://youtu.be/NlRibh0e1JY
A grey squirrel that visits our garden regularly, attempting to get on the bird seed feeder, and swinging!
https://youtu.be/4lSwNHGtFxk
Couple of my crazy starlings
Hungry magpie...with the other 7 waiting below for the droppings
Nothing to see here!
Oh no I dropped it again!
Maybe hes sick of peanuts!
Stay safe, keep smiling
Yesterday (Sunday 5th) was a brilliantly sunny day, so sitting out in the garden, no social distancing issues, neighbours one side 6 mtrs away, the other 4 mtrs away with a large summer house between us, enabled good clear photos not through the kitchen window, for a change.I did get carried away a bit, well, a lot, but I've sorted the pics down to just a sensible few.
Blue tit
Coal tit feeding on new shoots
Coal tit on feeder
Blackbird on nugget slab....
Lot to learn
gaynorsl said:Great pics Mike, love the Coal Tit.
You will probably have noticed the coal tit has a crossed over beak.
It seems to be eating and getting around ok, though I've reported it to the BTO
Stop gawping....
Look out, I'm coming in!
Some from Thurs 9th April
Blackbird feeding on something white, might be a bit of bread, or it could be from the nugget feeder....
And a dunnock, the cocked head happened just as I took a photo,
Followed by this one, trying to locate the click source as the photos are taken...