More
of the trumpeter swan family, along with a few ducks. The cygnets
were coming closer, and I was able to catch a few decent shots when I
walked along a little, from the side.
The
day following my trip out, I realized that not only had our jay not visited
still, but the entire garden seemed to lack birdlife for the first
time in several weeks. I am not sure if there was a cat roaming
around or not, or if it was just the rainy weather.
I
did however spot a mommy bluetit with 3 young. Mommy bird grabbed
seed/suet from the feeder and fed the young in turn. One youngster
managed to pick up the lesson and started eating directly from the
homemade bread/suet ball feeder without waiting for mom!
I
also spotted a goldfinch pop onto the feeder briefly, before
returning to the large garden weed I had purposefully left for the
birds to enjoy. I recalled they liked the seed from former years.
When I mentioned the goldfinch to my friend at our weekly
coffee-meet, she gave me a special feeder and some niger seed for
them. I have rinsed out the feeder and will replace the broken
plastic feeder that housed bread previously. (I have recently filled
that and the other suet ball feeder with a mix of both homemade
bread and suet balls).
But
back to my trip - I turned aside to spot this fellow before returning
to the swan family.
That's a great show of the swans out on the water.
ReplyDeleteI love how that baby figured out how to feed himself so quickly. Smart kid!
yeah they all learn sometime - but some go for it quickly and others have to be half straved and urged into it.... interesting to see which birds go which way.
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