Here is the current situation of the back yard from a birds-point-of-view. A cafe pole, filled with mixed seed, suet balls, peanuts, peanut pieces, nyger seed and sunflower hearts, along with several places to bathe and drink, and plenty of foliage.
Out front, looking across the street one day, I spotted a pair of seagulls and a trio of magpies sharing the same rooftop.
The sight of Goggles the farm-goose must alert regular readers to the fact that during the midst of October I took a hike towards or into local woodland passing the pond on Swillage Lane.
Goggles was hanging out with his duck mates in the pond, formerly titled Poachers Pond, yet currently unnamed and unfenced.
I think he got bored of me pointing my lil pink box at him!
On this occasion I wandered further along Swillage Lane, intending to take a 2 hour - or thereabouts - hike through the woodland. The next feathered being I caught sight of was this robin. He saw me too and had a good look in case I was a cat or other form of trouble.
Prior to reaching the turning down which I turned right, I passed the fields. In the fields were numerous large birds pecking at the ground - pheasant I assumed - but maybe partridge. I was not close enough to see.
Talking of unclear views, the above picture is of a blob in the sky. As usual it was a bird, but unfortunately unidentifiable. There were in fact a group of about a dozen small birds flittering about the tree and fields and I had hoped to capture them on camera do as to identify them. Alas, this picture did not suffice.
I love the bird's-eye view of the backyard oasis. That's also a great shot of the robin.
ReplyDeleteyeah that chappy looked quite timid compared to most of the robins - they usually stand proud and sing shrilly at me rather than perch in semi agitation -maybe it was not used to people yet - or used to the wrong type.
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