What's Buzzing or Flying near you today......2016

Not verbena, the butterfly!!

 

Argh, is that what that brown/black blob is at the top of the plant ?

It looks tiny on my phone

 

@strongylodon wrote: @hydrogardener I remember seeing Juncos at the Grand Canyon some years ago feeding around a Mule pen. Do you get Cardinals as Canadian Lori does?


Yes, we have Cardinals all year, and, I am beginning to see Carolina wrens at the feeder. They are a long way from home here in New York.

 

@hydrogardener our native Wren here is mainly an insect eater and is very rarely seen on feeders.

The distant white line in the pic is 600+ Avocets, increasing weekly and may reach 1000 by December. Once the tide recedes they start feeding in the channel, I could only see them when the fog lifted!


A Peregrine sent them up in the air briefly.


Sika on the move.

 

The feeder has a cake consisting of peanuts and suet. It draws a lot of different species.

 

Tufted titmouse.

 

Since moving up here I've been absolutely fascinated by the amount of geese flying over. I didn't realise just how late some are leaving. Would they be youngsters? I've been told there are eighteen pairs of Red Kites here where I live, I've spotted a couple but yet to get shots of them.

I have a mental block with the birds in the following three pictures, I know they are Red- something or others. I can't get to my bird book as it's still in a box somewhere yet to be unpacked, so can somebody put me straight please? I've been reading a wildlife column in the local paper and a few weeks ago the writer said these birds were late to appear this year. They arrived this last week though, ready to strip the Rowans of berries. The fourth pic is obviously a Chaffinch.

 

Black-capped chickadee. These little guys are almost fearless. I have had them land on my head, waiting for their turn when I am filling the feeder. If you stand real still with seed in your hand, they will land and take the seed from your hand.

 

@Sheal Tis a red wing

 

Well happy, the little Robin is back again this year

 

Thanks Jiffy.

 

Your welcome

 

Has any one got any birds coming to there gardens at the mow, we only got a few no where near what we have that, but thing is, the farmers haven't cut there hedge so i'm hoping there are out feeding on the berries