Tuesday 24 February 2009

Roll Call

Our makeshift bird table has survived the winds and the snow of winter and is even more popular as spring approaches. It's position has proved a good choice, on the sheltered, east side of the rhododendron encircling the 'wild wood'.

Present this morning were:

2 blue tits
2 coal tits
4 great tits
1 chaffinch
1 robin
1 dunnock
1 blackbird

The robin has taken food from the hand since November. One great tit has recently started feeding from the hand and another plus the chaffinch look likely to follow. (The robin is not too pleased about this.)

Interestingly my home bird table's most frequent visitors are quite different - long tailed tits and a pair of blackcaps.

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