Sunday 5 July 2009

Can't Wait Until the Kids Grow Up and Leave Home

I think there is one parent Starling who wishes they hadn't bothered with a second brood. It took me by surprise today when I heard that never to be forgotten noise of hungry young demanding to be fed. One was particularly aggressive towards the parent. It only shows briefly a couple of time in the video but it was constantly pecking the adult as it got impatient for more food. The adult kept moving around but the little darling kept following. I bet it is counting the days until the kids are old enough to feed themselves.



If you don't have Starlings and think this pair are noisy you should hear it when there are a dozen or more all demanding to be fed! The camera was in the kitchen. I hate to think what the volume is like when right next to them.

16 comments:

  1. Hey John that is definately a familiar sound at my house Wow!! Oh I put up a very special post for you today. Because of my bum leg I have been trapped in a chair in my backyard. I think I have mastered the action shots of Hummingbirds... :) As I said lots of time on my hands. Hahahah

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  2. I think we often picture birds as free as the wind, however it seems they have many responsibilities too and, as you suggest, probably get a bit fed up with all the demands they have to put up with, especially with a second batch. I know there are starlings around, but not in my garden. (Don't tell them about the cherry tree!)

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  3. Thanks again, look forward to your video clips.

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  4. Hi Crista. I guess the Hummers hum is more welcome than the Starling cry. Your Humming Bird shots are great. Thanks.

    I have some idea of how you feel - after a major operation a few years ago I wasn't allowed to drive or lift anything heavier than a kettle for a minimum of three months.

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  5. Hi Glo. Really it takes the birds all day to find food for themselves. It must put quite a strain on when they suddenly have more mouths to feed.
    I think my local birds have found a local cherry tree judging by the number of stones under my feeders so you should be safe.

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  6. Thanks Adrian. I enjoy making the little videos and it is a nice extra when others enjoy them as well.

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  7. With that volume of noise I am rather glad I don't have Starlings around here.

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  8. Hi Mick. I bet you have something to take its place though. Actually the camcorder didn't record the sound as loud as I could hear it. The main problem is they only stop yelling when they are asleep or can feed themselves. Mind you that must be less wearing than the chatter of parakeets in the south of the country from what what I have read.

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  9. A real little brat! If it was a child it would be laying on the supermarket floor screaming and kicking! A nice piece of video John :)

    We have heavy downpours here today with rumblings of thunder, this will make the grass and the weeds grow, sigh!

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  10. What a noisy kid. The poor parent lol
    Great video John.

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  12. Oh how I empathise John - here I get a few Starlings but they're not around all the time. But, the Parakeets are - they are deafening and, the Parents are now suggesting to their brood that it's time they looked after themselves! But this is not a shared view!

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  13. Hi Jan. You get those in the supermarkets near you too!

    Yesterday we finally got plenty of rain and the occasional electric storm. As usual there were short breaks in the power supply as the storms crossed the Lincolnshire Wolds. My weeds don't seem to need rain to grow at lightning speed :(

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  14. Yes Keith. Talk about hen pecked. They certainly learn early round here.

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  15. Hi Tricia. Some parents really have to work hard to get their offspring to feed themselves. They spend so much time and energy trying to escape the little darlings they hardly get time to feed themselves.

    Of all the birds I see others have visiting their gardens I think I can safely say that Parakeets are the ones I least envy. :)

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Thank you for visiting. Hope you enjoyed the pictures. Any comment, or correction to any information or identification I get wrong, is most welcome. John

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