Song Birds quiet this year

[Pete999]

these little guys !
comical as hell to watch and one of the few birds that stays around our place throughout the winter.
Black-capped Chickadee Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology - https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Black-capped_Chickadee/id

Ah a black cap or great --- lookalike over in the UK

 

[Pete999]

it's a ---.

I know now thanks Tel

 

[Andy78]

That looks most like a coal --- from the British birds I know.

We have been treated to singing Goldfinches around us lately. Never seen them round here before and their song is fantastically different to all the "normal" local birds.

 

[gnuuser]

keeping lots of feeders filled so lots of tweeters around including doves and blue-jays.
luckily they haven't targeted my car or the wifes van.
hummingbirds drink a lot and raise absolute hell on the bees and they aren't afraid to go after the blue-jays either

 

[gnuuser]

Central London Zone 2, I have Robins, Starlings, Black Birds, Jays, Magpies, Collared Dove, Pigeons, Wood Pigeons, Finches, Great --- and Wrens as well as Squirrels who dig holes in the lawn and Foxes who dig even larger holes........ grrrrrrrr

Saw a Great Spotted Woodpecker going through my apple tree last week, tree must be ill as the are know as the "tree doctor"

Funniest story my friend from Poland told me was there was an almighty noise from her living room from the wood burner (it wasn't on) and it seems that an owl fell through the chimney in to it she opened the door and had to chase a sooted up owl around the living room before catching it and releasing it in to the forest opposite the house.

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pellet rifle takes care of the squirrels and the squirrels make a good pot pie

 

[Squid]

I have been told not to feed the birds in summer when there is food around as they become dependant, its helpful to feed them in the winter, I do put water out though so they can have a wash and a drink.

 

[Marvo]

I read somewhere...may have been that bastion of truth and balanced reporting AKA The Daily Mail, that it's illegal to feed the birds in the UK nowadays.