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Arlene

By Arlene

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This has been a long hard winter and we have put a lot of time and money into trying to get the birds through it.We have about a dozen feeders and at times it is very busy~

I apologise for the mess in my back garden,everything has been moved and is piled up!But this will be having a make over after the nice man from Sky comes and puts my High Deff box in next week~

I will be able to get my new greenhouse in and all my pots sorted and the leaking waterfall between my pools fixed.Yay! But in the meantime back to the birds:- taken through the kitchen window!

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Lovely pics Arlene..
Great to have those little feathered friends visit your garden :o)

PS. Very clean kitchen window ;o)

28 Feb, 2010

 

~ Thanks TT~at one time we had three male Bullfinches and a couple of Females ~ they are so portly,they make me smile!

28 Feb, 2010

 

wow what a feast they had arlene, and i cant see any mess :o)

28 Feb, 2010

 

Oh wow Arlene...so many...different species in one go ! Fantastic....no wonder you are smiling ! : o )

28 Feb, 2010

 

Oh I do so envy you Arlene, Two of my favourite birds that sadly don't visit. In summer I get a nesting pair of Goldfinches but I never see a Bulfinch.

28 Feb, 2010

 

~ we have had quite a few birds visit this year such as the Siskins and Blackcap that we don't usually have~ down to the severe weather of course! Sometimes we just stand and watch as they all come and go~
I hadn't seen the Sparrowhawk for some time but she was in the woods the other day and I could hear a Woodpecker really close by~so could Harvey with his head on one side!

28 Feb, 2010

 

Sparrowhawk had one of our blackbirds today Arlene....didnt see him but saw the pile of feathers...: 0 (

28 Feb, 2010

 

Smashing Arlene, they obviously appreciate whats on your menu..........

28 Feb, 2010

 

~ sad Jane~If we could feed just them somehing to stop them taking the birds..
freeze dried mice or baby chicks I would feel sorry for!
There is a chicken farm fairly local and the owner has a massive avairy and has an fantastic Eagle Owl~stunning!
He gets fed baby chicks~ fortunately not live ones!
Lincslass ~ Sunflower hearts go down a treat!

28 Feb, 2010

 

A friend of mine once looked after an injured Eagle Owl...and ordered frozen day old chicks for it to eat.... they are magnificent owls........

28 Feb, 2010

 

wonderfull pics arlene were you quite close, so clear to, lovely birds :o))

28 Feb, 2010

 

~yes Sandra in order to not get the bars of the Georgian windows in the way and counteract the double glazing we have to put the camera right up to the glass~

28 Feb, 2010

 

wouldn't want to know how they killed them Jane!

28 Feb, 2010

 

I know....xxx

28 Feb, 2010

 

Wonderful selection of birds, would love some of these in our garden.......

28 Feb, 2010

 

What a fantastic collection of visitors you have, great photos.

28 Feb, 2010

 

Lovely little birds, Arlene. We could stand at this window and watch them all day. :-))

1 Mar, 2010

 

Lovely to be so close to the birds - I am afraid Phoebe would be a bit of a challenge . Our feeders have to be high up out of her way. But today the squirrel was feeding from one - he was hanging upside down and really tucking in. grrrrrrrrrr...........................!

5 Mar, 2010

 

WOW.....very jealous of all these little feathered friends feasting in your garden.

What a heart-warming sight:0))

2 Apr, 2010

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