I love it when the young are fledging. i often see up to 10 sitting next to each other on a branch of an apple tree in our orchard chattering away waiting to fly off. At this time of year we often have "marauding gangs" of them flying around the garden. Sometimes there are over 20 and when they all try and get to the same feeder it is very entertaining.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
We have a tit gang that all turn up together. Blue tits, coal tits, great tits and long tailed tits, all seem to fly around as a group. Unlike the greenfinches , who argue with any other bird in the vicinity of the feeders, and are being picked off one by one, by the sparrowhawk,
Oooh I am rubbing my hands on my thighs [ a la Chris Packham. ] I do love a Sparrowhawk as they swoop in at speed and pounce. I like it even better when it is one of the several dozen Wood pigeons that eat everything in my garden.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
I was watching a sparrow hawk before that was sat a few gardens away on a building. After watching for a while a Wood Pigeon swooped down and scared it off then seemed to chase it.
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I love it when the young are fledging. i often see up to 10 sitting next to each other on a branch of an apple tree in our orchard chattering away waiting to fly off. At this time of year we often have "marauding gangs" of them flying around the garden. Sometimes there are over 20 and when they all try and get to the same feeder it is very entertaining.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
We have a tit gang that all turn up together. Blue tits, coal tits, great tits and long tailed tits, all seem to fly around as a group. Unlike the greenfinches , who argue with any other bird in the vicinity of the feeders, and are being picked off one by one, by the sparrowhawk,
Oooh I am rubbing my hands on my thighs [ a la Chris Packham. ] I do love a Sparrowhawk as they swoop in at speed and pounce. I like it even better when it is one of the several dozen Wood pigeons that eat everything in my garden.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
You should see our local pair of peregrines pick the woodpigeons off the ridge of our roof !
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
OH was really impressed when a sparrowhawk swooped past him, just missing his ear.
I was watching a sparrow hawk before that was sat a few gardens away on a building. After watching for a while a Wood Pigeon swooped down and scared it off then seemed to chase it.
You will find that most birds will chase the sparrow hawk better to chase rather than be chased.