One
last shot of the dove greedily letting the pigeon know he was eating
in her territory...
...before
moving on. The second week of May was drawing to a close and I stood
at my open front door enjoying a coffee, when I became aware of a
fluttering to my right. Expecting a sparrow, I spotted a great tit
munching grubs from the fuchsia and azalea! The following day, while
sipping at a jahe wangi at my open front door, a blue tit decided to
forage in the pieris tree.
Yesterday
evening, I had turned off the computer and changed into my clothes
ready for work. I was settling down to read a chapter of a book
before leaving, when I spotted someone staring in at me.
It
was Bubster-Pidge, the youngest of the year so far. Already more
pigeony than the last time sighted, he settled in the tree,
pigeon-cooed, and proceeded to preen. I caught him mid-preen in this
next shot.
As
I read, the pigeon settled down, lazily, meditating along - until a
flock of baby starlings landed in the tree with much noise. The young
pigeon regarded the young starlings amazed at the screech-rattling
going on. This young starling was just as amazed by the huge young
pigeon...
But
both soon settled down while I finished my chapter before putting out
some suet and seed and then disappearing to work.
Nice little dove vs. pigeon face off. :D
ReplyDeleteAlso great shots of Bubster. He does look pretty grown up. In fact, he looks kind of huge.
That is because wood pigeons ARE 'huge'.... You can tell he is not quite as old as the rest by the shape of the white on his wing and neck and having a fluiffy chest when he is OR is not preening.
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