Liz and I took a trip to Wakehurst Place. one of the first birds we spotted was this rather young pheasant family. First glance I thought they were partridge or grouse, as they had mottled coloring of youngsters, prior to the plainer coloring of teenage pheasants.
We did then spot a male pheasant with no tail - as it was moulting. So we knew they definitly were pheasants though.
We moved on to the two picnic overhangs, where they seasonally feed the birds. We set and were soon investigated by the wildlife - a male pheasant and squirrel both came to see if we had food.
Actually, we did, and no sooner had Liz deposited a few sunflower hearts in 3 spots, than were we visited by hungry birds....like this nuthatch.
The squirrel took over after a while, and the tray in front of us was also visited - by a young nuthatch, a shabby or young coal/march tit, then an adult nuthatch.....
I got a few shots, trying to capture all three visitors....
The adult nuthatch grabbed a seed, flew to a tree, ate the seed, then returned. at least one of them did this - while another shot in, stuffed their bill and vanished - assumedly to a nestfull of young.
It's great how smart these animals are. They know that the giants are benevolent bringers of goodies. 😀
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