Near the bottom of the garden is an old small metal unit. I stand the ground feeder on it until all the seed has gone. Then I remove the feeder so the birds can eat the small seeds which have fallen through. It caught me by surprise when I saw a Starling either sunbathing or shading the seeds. It must have been hot on there as the sun had been shining on the metal for hours.
After a while it stood up panting with the heat. The first time I have seen a Starling with its beak open but no sound!
After a short while it ate some of the seeds and flew away.
It was very pleasant to have the sun back yesterday after so many gloomy days. I even got the ladder out and cleaned the back gutter which was just as well as it was nearly full of dead lichen from the concrete roof tiles. I should clean it out more often but, even though it is a bungalow, I hate being more than a couple of rungs off the ground.
When I was moving the ladder around I did spot a tiny frog so at least one of this year's tadpoles has made it. I will have to keep an keen eye open when I cut the grass as they are so hard to spot until they move.
Lovely sequence of pics of the juvenile Blue Tit on the feeder John. Linda
ReplyDeleteLovely shots of that juvenile tit. The hairdo is a bit scruffy but the rest of the feathers are perfect. A bit like me when I get up in the morning!
ReplyDeleteVery sweet juvie collage ~ it has got off to a good start to life learning to eat at the Birdy Bistro so early on. Thermoregulation in birds is quite fascinating ~ so is learning vocabulary that makes perfect sense when you see the word derivatives :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Linda. The youngster stayed around much longer than the adults do so it gave a good photographic opportunity.
ReplyDeleteThank you Matron. Most of the birds are looking a bit ragged these days.
ReplyDeleteThank you Glo. There is always something endearing about young animals and birds as they learn their way around their world.
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