Valkyrie Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistachio Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 I saw a lovely Jay today and we've got some robins. The most unusual birds we've spotted are a sparrowhawk (bit worrying - think they'd leave the chooks alone) and a kingfisher as well as some pheasants and woodpeckers. The chickens are more disturbed by other birds than they are by dogs, cats, chainsaws, screaming children, aeroplanes, helicopters, sirens. Funny things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 So far today we have had blue tits, great tits, 2 robins, a dunnock, some blackbirds and a goldfinch. I must put out some food for them because the feeders are empty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mostin Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 4 strange brown feathery creatures which look like the hens I owned this morning before they all went into the dust/mud bath . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 This bird comes everyday to feed on the coconut but the chooks try to chase it away!!! lovely picture! nothing quite as exotic... but in my mum's garden I saw... blue tits.. great tits: and this nuthatch... I was on half-term - we just get pigeons and squirrels in my garden - and the occasional tiger... Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 6 Long Tailed tits, on the feeders along with 1 Blue Tit. They are so cute they look like little punk birds with their head stripe No Tigers unless you count my tabby cat Ziggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 Wasn't in my garden but on the walk home a heron landed on a bungalow roof. Beautiful, I did take a photo on my phone but have no idea how to get onto 'puter. This heron seems to come around here every now and again. Trouble is I've watched the nasty rook/crow birds chasing it off. We have lots of parakeets in our gardens normally. Not so much now Dave's about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 Wasn't in my garden but on the walk home a heron landed on a bungalow roof. Beautiful, I did take a photo on my phone but have no idea how to get onto 'puter. This heron seems to come around here every now and again. Trouble is I've watched the nasty rook/crow birds chasing it off. We have lots of parakeets in our gardens normally. Not so much now Dave's about we have a huge flock of wild parakeets living in the woods near us - they often mob local gardens - very noisy they are too!! actually my neighbour insists they are Lorikeets - he tells me parakeet is a more generic term for a whole host of different small parrots... I guess we are both right then! Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 We don't get much more than sparrows, bluetits, the occasional robin & loads of magpies in our garden. Today, however, we had a sparrowhawk just outside the living room window . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 Oh my! My neighbour has warned me that one is seen frequently in her garden as she was worried about the hens, but I have yet to spot it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mostin Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 Very impressive ANH, can't believe he/she stayed nice and still for your photo . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 I saw it a few weeks ago and tried to describe it to OH (he's a bit of a twitcher whereas I can't recognise much more than a sparrow ). He poo pooed my assertion that it was a bird of prey so when I saw it again, I rushed for the camera . It didn't hang around for long so I was lucky to get that picture . I have to say OH was quite impressed . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mostin Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 I saw it a few weeks ago and tried to describe it to OH (he's a bit of a twitcher whereas I can't recognise much more than a sparrow ). He poo pooed my assertion that it was a bird of prey so when I saw it again, I rushed for the camera . It didn't hang around for long so I was lucky to get that picture . I have to say OH was quite impressed . Good on you . We have a special "I told you so" dance in our house for moments like those . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 Ooh, I need one of those . How does it go ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlo Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 Gosh - don't let my children know how to do that dance. They would be on Strictly before we knew where we were from so much practice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 A little hairy caterpillar on the washing line cover! I think it is a Pale Tussock Moth, although in my book it is rather a washed out colour and not as bright as the real thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 WOW . I've never seen a caterpillar as fancy as that before . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mostin Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 Ooh, I need one of those . How does it go ? Well there is a certain anount of bottom wiggling involved that must be directed at the person you are taunting, and if there is physical proof that can be waved around try holding this in your hands as you do the arm movements over your head . You also have to sing "I told you so, I told you so," over and over until the dance finishes The finishing move in my dance is usually a hasty withdrawal as I push it just that little bit to long and OH tries to take revenge on said wiggling derriere . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 It is a pretty thing isn't it, bit like stripey pussy willow, shame the moth isn't the same. The female is dark mottled/stripey brown with lighter under wings, while the male is much paler and creamy under wings. Both have fat, fluffy bottoms! We do get quite a lot of different moths here, probably because of the deciduous woods. My favourite is the Large Emerald moth which I sometimes have to let outdoors again after someone left the window open and the lights on. Next is the Brimstone moth which I saw last year on the fence after just emerging from it's chrysalis and watched the wings grow - magic. We get lots of Elephant Hawk Moths too, and we kept the caterpillar indoors, fed it etc (likes fuschia leaves) and it emerged only when DD had gone on holiday, so I set it free. Wasn't even able to take a photo that time because they had taken the cameras with them. With the Tussock OH took the photo while I tried to hold the plastic steady. OH's victory dance usually involves lying down and waving legs and arms in the air, then laps of honour whooping all the time. He might vary it a bit by doing the process in reverse! As a frequent loser I don't have a dance, but the nose gets tipped up high enough to drown if it rains on the odd occasion when I am right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 A little hairy caterpillar on the washing line cover! I think it is a Pale Tussock Moth, although in my book it is rather a washed out colour and not as bright as the real thing. Are you sure this isn't meant for the other thread - Is there anybody else out there - looks like some kind of alien to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 I know the one you mean! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggy Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 slugs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 Lots of plants in pots falling over in the wind! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 A large spent rocket...nose down, buried in the lawn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy & Hattie Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 A huge hedgehog that freaked the dog out. He bounced around like a kangaroo as the poor hedgehog curled itself into a ball. It ran away (never realised they were such quick movers) when it thought it was safe, only for the dog to go chasing it again. I keep meaning to buy a hedgehog house for the front garden, think I will now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
