Let
us start today's blog post with a shot of Curio, the tamest of the
current blackbirds. She was hanging out in the tree, minding the last
of the their youngsters from this years first crop. One alas went the
way of a cat and another the way of a hawk, so she is keeping her eye
open on the third.
Back
to the bird table, where we find one of our starlings resting between
munches. Then it is time to return to the pigeons - as always. As
April continued into the third week, I got a shot of a pair of wood
pigeons hanging out on top of the bird table.
One
pair have a teenage pigeon that is getting used to me now, and
another pair have taken up residency and scrabble coofully at the
windowsill for THEIR cafe service rights above those of the first
pair. It can be comical to watch as one rests in the tree watching
while two scrap and try to peck the other while it eats, yet grab
their own seed...
At
the moment, one pair are about to shoo away teenager pigeon, ready to
make way for their next crop. As April continues, Mr Bob and
Plateface are seen only on rare occasion, but there is still plenty
of activity going on in our yard.
Poor Curio. :(
ReplyDeleteI guess the pigeons don't get the concept that there is enough for everyone. I love that second-to-last shot of the pigeon peeking in through the leaves.
Poor babies, too!
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