Leaving
these cute chicks at the boat trip area, I did not travel far before
another goose family were encountered - plodding along on the path I
was trying to go along.
You
may note that although the goslings look similar, the adults are
different species of goose. Here they go - finally plodding off,
letting me get past and go into the hide!
They
were not far away when I turned round to see where they had gone
to...but nibbling on the path side.
I
arrived in the hide and what caught my eye was a heron - its head and
neck visible amidst the grasses.
Back
home and the news from the back yard at the close of the month was
that the jay who likes peanuts has popped back to visit a couple of
times. The blackbirds, sparrows and starlings all come and go with
several young. I have spotted Ditty and partner dove in the trees at
the rear of the yard, and am thinking and hoping that they might have
been nesting there, since they rejected the pittisporum. No sign of
the magpies recently though, and the blue tits do not seem to be in
the nesting box any longer...
All of these pictures are bigger than my screen. I love that last one especially, with the heron in the grass.
ReplyDeleteThe birds moved out of the birdhouse? :(
the first family have gone, now there is a new family in there that is just moving out - the young ones were learning how to eat from the suet ball feeder this week! (yes, i got pictures!)
ReplyDeleteIs it normal for them to move out once the young ones learn how to fend for themselves?
ReplyDeleteoh yes, unless they nhave a second load - and apparently bluetits only have one batch a year as a rule.... though many garden birds keep at it and have several broods.
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