Another oddball Duck!
Monday, 28 January 2013
BIRDS: DUCKTER STRANGE Part ONE
Out in the freezing cold I got some photos of a few things, here is an odd Duck I have seen every year for 3 years now!
Two years ago a couple of bird watchers in their sixties asked me what it was... I apologised and said I am not that up on water foul but would hazard a guess it was a mutant Mallard.
Sunday, 27 January 2013
Saturday, 26 January 2013
BIRDS: REDWING IN MY GARDEN WITH FIELDFARES
I spotted this bird sitting back while the Fieldfares were having there ... fill. At first glance I thought it a young Fieldfare before I realised it was a lone Redwing and kind of a great feeling it was in my garden as I had never spotted one beforehand.
Some more Redwings will follow this loner in another post that are NOT in my garden.
BIRDS: GARDEN FIELD WITH FARES FIELDFARES
The Fieldfare has been a surprise winter visitor to my garden for a number of years now and I have long wanted to get photos of them...
This year I succeeded and along with some Redwings I will post about in the next day or two!
Though UK residents think nothing of the commonest member of the Thrush family, many without realising it and it is the Blackbird, many Thrushes are extremely wary and skittish animals.Indeed these guys are always on the lookout for movement and though they come for the abundance of bright red berries they can often ALL sit there motionless for 5 minutes like they are listening out for danger. They also never make a sound while visiting despite the group numbering near a dozen or more.
Then out of the blue a sudden flurry of feeding while they all scoff down a number of berries before all going motionless again and into sensory alert mode.
Following this post I thought I might SHOW YOU VISITORS this behaviour instead of just telling you so I am uploading a few videos!!
Also immediately following THIS POST was a stray oddball that was tagging along with these Fieldfares. Though known to do this I had to ask myself that as this odd member was alone that maybe he was short sited and thought the Fielfares were the same species?! I then realised that normally when I DO spot this species alone it is normally among Fieldfares and that despite the books stating they eat the same things this stray never ONCE consumed a single solitary BERRY?! Though when I do see them in groups they are routing around tossing leaves about looking for grubs and worms.
Here are some pictures...
This year I succeeded and along with some Redwings I will post about in the next day or two!
Though UK residents think nothing of the commonest member of the Thrush family, many without realising it and it is the Blackbird, many Thrushes are extremely wary and skittish animals.Indeed these guys are always on the lookout for movement and though they come for the abundance of bright red berries they can often ALL sit there motionless for 5 minutes like they are listening out for danger. They also never make a sound while visiting despite the group numbering near a dozen or more.
Then out of the blue a sudden flurry of feeding while they all scoff down a number of berries before all going motionless again and into sensory alert mode.
Following this post I thought I might SHOW YOU VISITORS this behaviour instead of just telling you so I am uploading a few videos!!
Also immediately following THIS POST was a stray oddball that was tagging along with these Fieldfares. Though known to do this I had to ask myself that as this odd member was alone that maybe he was short sited and thought the Fielfares were the same species?! I then realised that normally when I DO spot this species alone it is normally among Fieldfares and that despite the books stating they eat the same things this stray never ONCE consumed a single solitary BERRY?! Though when I do see them in groups they are routing around tossing leaves about looking for grubs and worms.
Here are some pictures...
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