Here
is the better of the two shots of Tapper and youngster sparrow on my
tree, observing food on the sill. Next up, a couple of shots of
Beatie's young. Beatie and partner have a new brood all sorting out
the bugs on my tree...
Recently,
I took another hike up our local hill - Highdown Hill. One of the
plaques I spotted up there mentioned birds, so of course I took a
picture of it to share. Previously, though probably in my former
blog that got wiped out, I posted several photos of skylarks that I
took when wandering up Highdown.
After
wandering around the gardens for a while, I sat down near the ponds
to rest/take a drink of water. I heard a familiar noise - the wings
of a wood pigeon or two landing in a nearby tree, then flapping wood
pigeons as one chased another away...
Yes,
I cannot see them either - but from the sound of their wings, that is
where they were. To close today's post, I will share 2 photos of 'big
black birds'. I can tell they are jackdaws if they have pretty silver
eyes, and rooks if they live in the rookery tree, but otherwise, I
cannot yet tell a crow from a raven from a rook from a....
HERE is a video of a dove courting a cat - um yes, really...
I love that video. I always love seeing animals getting along when they are supposed to be enemies. :)
ReplyDeleteexactly why i posted it.....!!!! just proves the had previous lives and were in love forevere 'before'...
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