Guess
what I found as I wandered around the WWT - yes, a show pigeon!! It
had just stopped raining, so I was able to take a few shots of the
bird as I passed by.
It
was just pottering about nibbling and observing on the side of the
pond amidst the purple loosestrife and ox eye daisies...
On
my second circle of the center, the Bewick cygnets had climbed from
the water to preen themselves on the bank. It was looking like rain
again, so I decided to walk back into Arundel and do some shopping on
my way home. Due to the shopping planned I had not brought the
noccies, and there were not that many birds about on this trip. The
goldfinch feeder pole, the only one with food still put out, had
blown down in the wind and many of the birds were either sheltering
or elsewhere.
I
realized I would have just over an hour to visit 4 shops and a toilet
- a bit too long, so took a brief stroll into the lake across the
road on my way back into town. If the weather had been better, I
would have hiked all around the lake, but it looked like more showers were
coming, so I just caught a goose near the entry. I only saw the one,
but I expect the herd were some place around.
Back
home, apart from the early morning robin and tame wood pigeon on my
windowsill, I have seen very little. This morning, instead of hoards
of sparrows, starlings, blackbirds, etc, I saw one blue tit. I keep
chasing those black furballs out of my yard - but I can't seem to get
the birds to come back.
That's a shame. There must be some way to make the furballs go elsewhere.
ReplyDeletethere was ANOYTHER one - sitting on a tree branch yesterday. luckily this one didnt seem bothered by catching things and when i went to shoo it away just sat there....i had to carry it off the tree and out the yard and it kept trying to rub me and ask for a petting! now if all of them were that well behaved, the birds wouldnt bother....but....
ReplyDeleteWow, that's a very well behaved and friendly cat.
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