Here is the latest bearer of the title Pidge. The wood pigeon who taps on my window downstairs to let me know it wants food on the upstairs windowsill - as it knows I often curl up in the coffee room and can be relied on to provide a free meal....
From this shot, regular readers will spot Goggles hiding in the undergrowth and know my next few pictures are likely to be from a woodland walk. Sure enough, this walk was taken at the end of July. The main purpose being to go blackberrying up Swillage Lane, as Dappers Lane is too busy with builders making homes instead of countryside this year. A pity - there were some nice big berries - but they would be too dirty to eat.
The next birds I spotted were a bunch of swallows darting about then resting on wires overhead.... They don't usually stay still long enough to get a good photo, so I was quite pleased to find some resting between swoops and glides.
From these pictures one can see the telltale tail and coloring depicting swallows, as opposed to swifts, which I had originally assumed them to be as the throat color was indistinct.
The elderly couple was literally chasing him away? They thought he was bothering the mallards? That's weird.
ReplyDeleteI love that Pidge knows to find you and tap on your window for food. So smart.
they were standing at the fence and shooing at Goggles with their arms and hands...I assume to get him away from the mallard family, as I cant see why else. oh yes, pigeons are smart birds - even wood pigeons! a pair has made a nest outside my friend Judith's bedroom window, so now she is home from hospital she can watch the baby pigeon heads bob up and down!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to hear that Judith is really home again, and has some pigeon pets to go along with her dogs.
ReplyDeletewho knows, she may become a pigeon empath like myself! it was when a pair made their nest nearby that we began to grow our family, over in Wollongong
ReplyDeleteYou can certainly teach her all about pigeons. :D
ReplyDeleteits one subject i know quite a bit about!!
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