Hungry Birds.

I love to watch the birds as well Louise,While the weather has been so cold i've spent hours at the kitchen window. it's much better than doing house work.

Lovely picture of Redwing Louise, I also love watching the birds we have a pair of thrushes which are rear round here, every morning I have to go out and feed them also defrost there water, roll on spring. ;-0)))))))))))

Lovely photo`s Louise, I`ve put extra feeders out as well and some are too far away for my little Olympus, I really must try hubby`s camera, ....

lovely photos louise. we had two fieldfares today which is a first for our garden.......hubby tells me they have come from Scandinavia to overwinter

They'll wish they stayed there, Mageth, might be warmer ;-)

I've just looked out the back and they're ALL still out in the trees .... Redwings and Fieldfares. It's 4.55pm .... why are they still all buzzing about .... shouldn't they be tucked up for the night ???

What lovely photos. I too think the Redwing is beautiful, well they all are, but that and thrushes I love. We get a pair of dunnocks which are pretty well resident in our garden. They are such neat, jerky little things. Blackbirds seem to accept them quite readily whereas they will chase almost any other bird away.

Great blog Louise, especially liked the winter thrushes photos - great shots. I had a female Blackcap overwintering in my garden last winter, but no sign of her this time. :-))

I've noticed the Blackcaps, Chaffinches and Greenfinches are always with their mate.

Perhaps they can sense an early Spring ? - we live in hope eh? !!!

Lots of feeders there Louise, no wonder you have so many lovely visitors. Actually, I've just had a closer look at your nut feeders. I have a couple like that which were empty when I got back from holiday. However, the one which is supposed to be squirrel proof - much bigger than the others and with an outer mesh about an inch from the nut container - was still full. I don't think the birds can get into it.

Those mesh feeders don't get used as much as the others, which are seed feeders.
The seed feeders have sunflower hearts in and they're the ones i have to refill twice a day.
Those mesh/wire suet block holders are used a lot too.

I'm not a great fan of foxes but hope this one is ok. It's a hard time for all animals!

Louise~ Great pictures! If you feed your feathered friends that well, what kind of feast would you offer to your two legged friends? :) Just wondering, cause I'm hungry! lol

lovely pics louise and the first one is so sharpe, i havent had any of these in my garden, would love some, hope the fox is ok, seems stressed out about something, hope its not hurt

Oh Louise...brilliant photos...Hope all ok with the fox ? These are hard times for the wildlife............Keep up the good work !!! x

isn't it lovely to see them all in the garden :) I was sitting at mum's yesterday afternoon, and she's been inundated with redwings and fieldfares, I've never seen any before (must remember to take the camera today) I've had finches, blackbirds, thrush, sparrows, a couple of long tailed tits, to name a few, and I'm loving watching them.
They are great photos :)))))))))))))))))

Thanks Wagger, Lisa, San, Bb and Grindle :-)
Wagger, i'm not a fan of foxes either but this one seemed so frantic that i felt concern, it started up again at 4pm aswell :-/
Lisa, You're quite right .... i don't do things by halves ! You'd be very welcome to come for a feast .... as long as you don't mind it up in the tree ;-)
San, Bb and Grindle, i 'do' wish i had a wonderful zoom lens :-(
The Rowan's about 60' from where i stand at the office window with the camera, so i have to look the length of my front garden (30') and 'then' another 30ish feet to the tree !!!
Hey ho !

My binoculars are quite good, shame 'they' can't take a picture ;-)

Your birds are very well fed Louise. Everyone seems to have fieldfares at the moment.

Brill work you are doing and a brill blog and photos

wish i had some dawn, they only come into gardens when a shortage of food in open spaces like now with all the snow and frost, so just shows how this weather is affecting the wildlife not just us

Thank you Dawn and Clarice :-)
It gives me immense pleasure to watch them and it's nice to be able to do my own little bit for the local birdlife.

I agree Louise :-)

have you found out any more about the fox Louise?

Nothing at all Grindle :-/
I didn't see or hear it yesterday and haven't yet this morning either, it makes you wonder what had prompted that frantic behaviour, doesn't it ?

it does, hope it's ok

This morning, i just saw a Goldfinch :-))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
It's joined the Greenfinches on the sunflower seed feeders in the Rowan, i wonder if any more will follow it ??
I'm chuffed to bits because i've not seen one for over a year !

And .... it's back again today :-))))))
I put out a Niger seed feeder and today it's on there !

And this morning there are 3 there

:-))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

Clearly birds communicate for this to have happened !