Fetch Birdwatchers
166 watchers
May 2019
3:24pm, 30 May 2019
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um
Not a fox?
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May 2019
3:29pm, 30 May 2019
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um
But can I ask for identification help? I thought these were starling fledgling & parent, but watching them, they didn't behave or fly/mix quite like starlings. The parent still feeds the baby, although the 'baby' is also feeding itself. Pics are baby, parent, then both (baby on left, parent on right) Starlings? Or something else? Thanks |
May 2019
3:32pm, 30 May 2019
31,717 posts
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Derby Tup
Good pics thespruce.com |
May 2019
11:07pm, 30 May 2019
12,636 posts
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Rosehip
Great pics, baby looks like the starlings on my feeder, adult paler though? Can hear a very disconsolate tawny t-wooing away quite close - and also what sounded like a barn owl screech - but it's much to wet for them to be out |
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May 2019
11:14pm, 30 May 2019
31,732 posts
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Derby Tup
Two young I think 
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May 2019
8:46am, 31 May 2019
5,096 posts
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Northern Exile
Um - definitely not a fox.
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May 2019
9:37am, 31 May 2019
987 posts
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um
Derby Tup - yes, could be two youngsters - but at times, one was feeding the other. Would they mimic adult behaviour, or respond to 'whatever signals a youngster give for food' at that stage? In other news - have great tit fledglings being fed and also gold finch pool trips - looks like 4/5 adults and a mass of youngsters. Youngsters play in the bird bath while parents gather round the niger feeder. |
May 2019
10:33am, 31 May 2019
1,507 posts
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RunningRonnie
Second year in our new build home and having much more luck this year. After thinking we were never going to get any birds, things must have settled down and they have started visiting our feeder. Recent visitors have been chaffinches (male and female), blue tit(s), coal tits, starlings and house sparrows. There are blackbirds in the area, but never seen it in the garden yet. We have suet block, niger seeds, peanuts and sunflower hearts on the feeder. The crows keep getting the fat balls and taking them in one go, so stopped putting them up for now. I was standing by the feeder today and two coal tits came while I was very close. Did not seem fazed in the least. |
May 2019
11:12am, 31 May 2019
2,067 posts
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J2R
RunningRonnie, I remember the birds starting to discover our garden when we first moved in 10 years ago. It was disappointing at first, as you have found, but it slowly built, until we were getting a much greater number of species than I would ever have imagined. It obviously helps if neighbours (if you have them) are also feeding birds because it brings them into the area.
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May 2019
12:18pm, 31 May 2019
12,643 posts
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Rosehip
Osprey-guess where I stopped for a stroll
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