Hi - I joined today because I would like to share my pictures of a lovely pied wagtail...very friendly and posed for some time outside my window.
I do hope that I have got the right breed, but cannot link it to any other. I havent seen him/her for two days now....he is a loner and I had read that they gather in large groups?
I also saw a song thrush yesterday but did not get a photo.
I would be pleased to have anyone's comments?
Ta....Jeannie
Hi Squirrel,
Thank you for those photos. You were really lucky to get them together and I think they are lovely. The snow adds an ambiance. Congrats and well done. Beuatiful little birds. I wonder if it is very rare to have the two together in a garden.
I have to report I haven't seen mine for several days. I will get booted off the committee!
Cheers, Linda.
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Hi Tony, thanks for viewing my photos. I was wondering whether they would continue to visit because I am not really supplying their preferred food of insects which they catch while flying. I know they are eating the mealworms and the pied now goes onto the table but I haven't been able to yet see what he is eating when he is on there. Over the weekend I hope to get a small bag of the suet pellets with insects in to see if they will eat those as well. If so I stand a chance of retaining their company for a little longer at least.
The necessity of bird-watching is a really good reason for avoiding all forms of housework.
The dust will still be there tomorrow - the birds may not be!
Hi Sparrow, glad you liked the photos. They are not the best in the world as it was snowing lightly when I took them and the camera wasn't quite sure what to focus on - and I didn't dare delay long enough to change the settings! Sorry to hear your pied hasn't been around for a while. My two have been around again this morning but they aren't coming non-stop as they had been since the weekend. I guess with the thaw setting in, all sorts of goodies are becoming available to them. I hope yours returns soon as they are lovely to watch.
When mine first arrived, he was eating seed, either dropped from the table or by me. He came back to the same spot every day, and I put some meal worms down for him. I don't know if he got those before the other birds ate them all. He did move to the front garden, which has less birds, but I couldn't see what he was eating. I would imagine he would eat mealworms, and the insect flavoured suet is a good idea.
Squirrel, they are truly lovely photographs. they look as though they could be talking to each other in a couple of the shots. I am jealous. Thank you.