I usually start this thread by cheating and having a pic of a baby Feral Pigeon that I have rescued. Not this year. Today, the first of the Little, Little HTR's arrived in the garden, right on schedule. It is currently in the flowering currant. Little HTR has been taking dozens of waxies to the nest and this morning I noticed him going via the flowering currant. I just had a little look and saw a fledgling in there.
Unicum arbustum haud alit duos erithacos
(One bush does not shelter two Robins)
Zenodotus (3rd Century B.C.)
One of my new Starling youngsters chancing his arm on the pond ... they are so clumsy I had to keep watch in case he fell in! Lol
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Lovely video clip Wendy, our starling juveniles are building up and one pair of adults appeared to have six with them this morning unless they adopted one lol
Here's Starlo from yesterday perched on the daring high wire !
they do look funny head on with the bouffy head !
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Regards, Hazel
Lot to learn
Lovely video Wendy, it reminds me of the time a couple of years ago, when a juv goldfinch enjoyed standing on the pond netting over the fountain, having a wash and also drinking!
We've since had blackbirds and wood pigeons doing the same....
Mike
Flickr: Peak Rambler
Well I never, did you ever ……. my first ever juvenile Tree Sparrow which arrived in the courtyard half an hour ago. It was eating sunflower hearts; they don't seem to go for live mealworms.
Only record shots through the large front glass doors.
what a little sweetie !
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Tony
My Flickr Photostream
(Pardon the Scottish Accent)