General Chat

i'm not a birdy person, but my hubsta is, when we lived on the 16th floor we had kestrals nesting above and we use to sit at the window for hours watching them and the babies first flight....
last year i was with my boy in the garden, when all of a sudden this sparrow flew into my conifer tree and next was this bigger bird and it flew in grabbed the sparrow and landed on the grass.... it had the small bird in its claws and was looking at me...i froze and then after seemed ages it flew off... me and hubsta werent talking at this time... but i had to ring him to find out what it was.... he's going cant be a sparrow hawk, but he brought round his book and there it was a lovely pic of the bird i saw..... he was so jelous... he's never seen one, even now he says to me of all the people to see one it had to be you.... the most unbirdy woman he knows...lol
but just as a secret between me and everyone on here, it was a lovely sight....(dont tell me hubsta i said it..lol)
kaz xx

Awwww Fruity is ok!!! Have Blue Tits Mau, will send you some....and also Great Tits, whichever you prefer:-) lol BC XX

PMSL

Would love some Bluetits Sue (sorry couldn't put it any other way) lol
Mau xx

Mau
can always send you a few birds from my garden.

Yes Ann the garden was quiet for a while after she left.

Mau

that's good. Sparrow hawks are magnificent birds (I think the female is the larger bird), but I dread it when one visits our garden. One year after she visited we didn't see a sparrow or blackbird for about three months.

Ann
Glos

Just bringing washing in from line,who should fly down to bird bath near me but Fruity!! :O)) and his pal was sat on fence :O).........I'm a happy girl! lol

Red Kites can also be seen near Tring I believe.

Ann
Glos

Yes the Hawks are fabulous to look at Jean.
My Son lives in Walthamstow and all he seems to get in his garden are flocks of Magpies and the occasional Robin.
He does however have a Fox who comes to call,now I would love to see him, but when I was there last week he didn't visit :O(
Hope you're feeling okay Jean xx

Blackbirds can be very aggressive Maz,have to be with all the cats around!

Kev. would be welcome Catherine lol especially if he comes up trumps,this season (bit late I know) or next we're patient..........or bonkers !!

Howay the Magpies........or should I say Whitley Bay
as they're playing in the second leg of the Vase Cup
on Saturday!

Mau xx

I know you don't want to hear this Mau but I would love to have a Sparrowhawk visit my garden...mind you I wouldn't know what it was
being London born and bred I don't see many birds of prey.

I do hope your blackbird is safe and well. I do have a robin that nests in the tangle at the bottom of the garden:)

Jean x.

Also Seagulls Ian.........saw one last year flying low over garden with young chick in it's beak,I felt sick,

...always thought Gulls they preferred ice cream or Cornish pasties!

thought you were gonna say keegan then lol
c
xx

Red Kites are fantastic looking birds Sally rare and mostly nest in Wales but lots seen now here and in Scotland.

Fingers crossed Pink and Liz for our friend ;O)
Mau xx

Don't worry about the kites - they are scavengers and feed primarily on carrion. They won't attack songbirds.

They don't hover as a kestel does, though. Easily recognised because of their large size and distinctive forked tail.

Magpies will steal eggs and young chicks from nests.

Ian

Thanks Mau, I hope your blackbirds are ok, I love them, such cheeky birds.
Lizx

Oh I hope fruity is safe and sound and visiting soon!

I too think Magpies are beautiful but you are right they make such a noise!! ;o)

xx

One of our neighbours Mau has an aviary in his garden, and whilst having Sunday dinner I noticed this bird, just hanging in the air, hovering over the neighbour's garden in the stiff breeze......

.....well all the family stopped eating and told me it was a Red Kite......well, I don't know anything much about birds......my Mum and Dad seemed to know them all.......and it could have been interested in the aviary birds.......it would be a shame if harm came to them, because they have some interesting calls....

There's usually two Blackbirds Liz, both friendly but only one who is (shall i say) semi-tame?

There was also at the time of 'dinner' a huge Magpie (beautiful , but what a racket!!) sitting on the fence,but of course wasn't brave enough to fly down onto lawn.

Birds in garden have three neighbours' cats to be wary of,but Sparrowhawk? no contest unfortunately.

Will let you know if Fruity comes to call again,hope so.
Mau xx