WHAT'S BUZZING OR FLYING NEAR YOU 2020

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    Out here there are none of those hazards for swallows but this year I see only one around. Three years ago here they were numerous.
     
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      Indiscriminate mass use of insecticides in Africa is another reason.
       
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        They got locusts out there though?

         
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        In all the years we've been here we've never seen a Nuthatch in the garden. This morning, whilst filling up the bird feeders, we had one arrive :thumbsup:. I had filled the peanut feeder and was just hanging it back on the candelabra stand when a Nuthatch landed on it whilst I still have hold of it. I gently let go and slowly moved my hand away and then didn't move. So I was less than a foot from it whilst it was eating. :rolleyespink: It totally ignored me (must have been trained by Mrs Shiney :heehee:) and kept eating for about three minutes.

        Having never seen one close up I didn't realise how much they look like tiny woodpeckers - with different markings. Are they related?
         
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          We've got 2 Nuthatches + a Tree Creeper :):):)
           
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            House wren singing.

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              Similar to our Wren, small bird, loud voice. :smile:
               
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                Sorry it's a bit fuzzy. I've been trying to take a picture of one of our Robins for ages and this is the best I can do. Really different from yours. Ours only chirp and have no "song". This one chased a grackle out of the bath earlier. 20200622_154146.jpg
                 
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                    Absolutely correct @Sheal . They actually line up for their bath. It is only a pot saucer but it holds 1.5 gallons and I have a little pump to keep the water circulating to discourage any mosquitoes wanting to duplicate there. I change the water every morning.

                    Other birds come to visit but none of them pose for me. Ingrates! :heehee:
                     
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                      It's a pretty bird. I don't think your Robins will be bothered what their bath looks like as long as it contains water. :biggrin: I have a large pot saucer too but it's not occurred to me to take a picture of it, I'll have to remedy that. :)
                       
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                        It appears to me that wood ducks appoint a nanny to take care of their young. There was one female with at least nine ducklings swimming with her and a number of other females at the far end of the marsh feeding.

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                            Looks like a Yellow Shell Moth @shiney

                            Fulmar Petrel and Kestrel on the Cliffs at Durlston Country Park.
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                              Pretty boring but here it is @CanadianLori. :) The saucer is 16" across.

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