Ornithamateurs - The Birding Thread

[AbsintheFather]

A nesting pair of blue birds at a friend's house. They are certainly bringing me happiness

They both look like males to me . . . not that there's anything wrong with that of course

 

[AbsintheFather]

When I was about 10 or so I once climbed a huge 30-40m tall tree in the local park which always had birds chirping from within, and saw a birds nest up in the super high branches at the top. Oddly enough, one of these things stared down at me:

A little family of Puffins were apparently nesting in the tree, in almost the dead centre of England. No idea how they got there since they're coastal birds but I guess they just got lost when traversing somewhere. And that's the biggest role birds have played in my life thus far.

Interesting looking bird . . . . his expression and eyes kind of makes him look sad though

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

They both look like males to me . . . not that there's anything wrong with that of course

Haha! I was kind of thinking the same thing, but their colouring is slightly different so I didn't look them up. We don't have them here and I'm not very familiar. They are sharing a nest, though

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[AbsintheFather]

50 years ago it would have been scandalous. Look how far we've come as a society

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[cascadiabound]

Bird butt to add to the scandal of this thread.

 

[Netzach]

Turkeys Turkeys Turkeys! I see a family of them about yearly and always in a really strange context - they've gotten really bold and people generally brake for them.

These were promenading along the road. Seriously it's Jurassic park shrunk down, with the glossiest black feathers.

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[cascadiabound]

^^^^ that is super cool Elle.
Thanks for sharing.

 

[AbsintheFather]

^^^^ that is super cool Elle.
Thanks for sharing.

Indeed!

 

[AbsintheFather]

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

Wow! Awesome thread contributions, all! So bummed I am pressed for time these two days and won't get to click on Elle's link probably until tomorrow! Blurg!

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

 

[Blue]

Meet Crocoduck

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

I do love out barn swallows so
And now that you mention it, I don't think I have ever seen a tired bird unless it's in major distress.

 

[krissive69]

the ospreys are back!

 

[Blue]

Came across this picture, thought it would be well appreciated here:

 

[AbsintheFather]

Yay on the swallows. Haven't seen them up here yet.

However last week the orioles arrived right on time. It's always the first week in May. The geese have hatched on the pond and the two nests yielded 10 babies.

I also saw something very interesting this morning. There were turkeys walking across the yard who apparently got too close to a Red-Winged Blackbird's nest because the red-wing began dive bombing the two Tom's who flapped their big wings at it, but basically just kept walking.

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[AbsintheFather]

As well as a bigger standard garden feeder, we have a couple of the tiny Perspex feeders that stick to the outside of Windows.

This one is on one of my kitchen Windows. It's very popular with the small birds. This is a replacement one after a hefty pigeon came and broke the first one ( which I preferred, it was all Perspex and less obstructive) . It's also really handy for popping out with things too insignificant to give my birds, tiny crumbs and so on. My cooker is maybe...two and a half metres from the window, at the most. In an eye line view, through a glazed door, I have another on a window on my utility window. Interestingly I think tits and robins prefer the kitchen, and the hedge sparrows the utility one. But the shy hedge sparrows prefer really the main feeder, and best of all the floor underneath it when some other bird has left seeds on the ground.

That's a very nice looking feeder - It looks like you keep both dried worms and suet in it. Do you you put different foods in each feeder to attract different birds?

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[seela]

I'll just leave this little thing here. Nightingale, I think, but I know very little about birds, so...

 

[Netzach]

Came across this picture, thought it would be well appreciated here:

I foresee the plot of Disney's saddest ever movie ever.