starlings tagged articles
starlings description:
| Contents |
| Redpoll |
| Greater Spotted Woodpecker |
| Fledgling Baby Birds |
Redpoll
A redpoll visited our wintry East London garden today, part of a small mixed flock of birds including Great Tits. It’s the first one I’ve seen, and this brings the garden birds list total up to 25.
There’s snow on the ground and plenty of birds are out there stocking up on the wild bird food we put out for them.
The solitary squirrel who took up residence a year or so ago has found a mate, and they can both tightrope walk across the clothes line to get to the bird feeders, which provides entertainment but it seems they are afraid of starlings, so when a flock of those comes by all the other little birds get their feeders back for a while, not to mention the woodpecker.
A dusting of snow
Snow picture by Linda Hartley
Greater Spotted Woodpecker
These Greater Spotted Woodpeckers have become regular visitors in my urban garden, requiring the peanut feeder to be topped up every few days. A messy eater, the woodpecker seemed to be getting through loads of nuts at each visit but this zoomed in video shows he’s actually targetting one particular peanut quite carefully over a series of head and bill movements.
Greater spotted woodpeckers have joined other garden birds as regular feeders at the peanuts such as great tits, sparrows, blue tits, robins and starlings.
Fledgling Baby Birds
It’s peak season for fledgling baby birds in our garden right now and every day seems to bring new additions to the hungry crowd.
The baby great tits have been a joy to have around for the past week or so, with a blue tit family sometimes keeping them company.
Then yesterday fledgling baby sparrows made an appearance, followed by young juvenile starlings today. I have a feeling there must be some young robins about but I haven’t seen them yet, likewise for the wrens who can be heard singing early in the morning but tend to stay in the cover at present and we know there are gold crests around but they just wizz past so fast you don’t notice until after they’ve gone.
With all this going on just outside the window it’s difficult to get any work done!
Photo Credit: Blue Tit Fledgling from a pic by David Friel )
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