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Post by Wood~Ant on May 10, 2012 7:58:33 GMT
We often get starlings and sparrows on our bird feeders, and at the moment a family of blue tits come each day; but we had a lovely surprise when this big bird joined in with the blue tit this morning at the feeding station.  www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/g/greattit/index.aspxThese photos show a male Great Tit (not taken by me) |
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Post by bobdol on May 11, 2012 19:29:01 GMT
We have two of these nest in our bird box every year, Its great when the chicks first come out and sit about in the garden:P!
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Post by batspiderfish on May 11, 2012 19:38:07 GMT
I hope to set up a bird-feeder some day, but for now, all I have is a starling nesting in my shower vent who has learned to mimic somebody's yipping dog.  |
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Post by bobdol on May 12, 2012 8:23:55 GMT
Hah, when I was younger there was a baby starling abandoned in our road, normally the parents will carry on feeding it but there was no sign of them for days. So, I had to raise it myself - it lived in a shoebox full of grass/cotton wool in my room and we had to feed it with live worms stuck right down its throat.  I kept it for a couple of weeks and used to take it out into the garden for it to practice flying and then one day it finally got proficient and managed to fly away  . I looked for it for ages but couldnt find it anywhere. About 6 months later there was a young starling hanging around in our garden though but I never knew if it was Malcom (his name). |
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