What's Buzzing or Flying near you today.... 2014

What about Owls Great photos HsuH my friend

 

Good afternoon HsuH ,well I do most of my flying at night,but mice are scarce during this time of austerity, so I have to search for food in daylight hours as well now

 

For some reason it was a busy day for birds in the garden yesterday with Sparrows, various kinds of Tits, Starlings, Doves, Pigeons, Blackbirds and Thrushes coming and going. There's definitely a pattern of habit with the birds as the garden can be devoid of birds for half an hour and then the Sparrows will arrive in a flock bringing the Tits along with them. Then the Blackbirds and Thrushes appear followed by the Doves, Pigeons and Starlings, with the Blackbirds, Thrushes going for the Sultanas at the base of the main Bird Bath and the Starlings darting in and out much to the annoyance of the Blackbirds. There's also a lot of aerial "claw to claw" fighting by the Blackbirds who totally ignore the two cats who have to get out of the way when the squabbling pair get too close.!! I was busy doing other things on the other side of the garden so I set up the camera on a tripod and remote and tried to keep an eye on what was going on.

The brown suited "Boys" arriving on the Feeders

 

Followed by the Blue Tits

 

The Coal Tits:
















Strangely though, I didn't see any sign of the group of Long Tailed Tits that like the Peanut Feeder

 

Good evening Armandll my friend,lovely images thank you for sharing them with us,they have brightened the day up

 

Thanks, Woo, it brightened my day just to watch them while I was on my hands and knees grubbing through the far borders.

 

The Starlings aren't as strong in numbers as they used to be, Yvonne, unfortunately. I have a soft spot for the Starling as they're quite comical and can imitate other birds and sounds. They've also got a quite smart set of feathers that are iridescent when the light bounces off them. The Blackbirds really did go down in numbers some years ago but over the last couple of years they've come back to normal numbers and I get 5 or 6 at a time in the garden. I love standing by the open kitchen door in the early hours of the morning just as the Sun is rising and listening to the Blackbirds singing their hearts out!!

 

We, also, had very few birds during the winter but, apparently, it's because there was plenty of forage for them because it was so mild. I had only needed to put out about 50% of the seed that I normally do but they seem to be back now as I'm back to 100%.

The tits are certainly back in force, plenty of blackbirds chasing each other round the garden (and eating the fallen seeds), there were seven robins on the feeder and the ground at the same time yesterday (they never fight around the feeder and they're the only birds that continue feeding whilst I'm mowing).

Some of the greenfinches are back, but not in their normal numbers. The great spotted woodpeckers are back but not the green. An occasional thrush has been around and, two days ago I saw my first pair of wrens this season - one of them had a good look at me in the kitchen whilst he was clinging to the bricks and staring in the window (it was open).

Mr pheasant has been around all winter but none of his wives have appeared. The collared doves have been around all the time and one pair of pigeons. Crows pop in occasionally and the magpies are back.

Yesterday, whilst working in the warm sunshine, I saw lots of big fat fluffy bees and one large yellow butterfly. Not seen a lady bird yet.