Wild Birds and Nutrition
April 18, 2009
Recent activity at my window feeder can be seen in the film here.
Recent back-story: Over the last month or so a pair of Robins have chosen their nest site based on the feeders food source and share the feeder with a pair of Blue tits.
Both pairs of birds take it in turn to use the feeder, one species waiting till the other has finished.
The female Robin should be laying her eggs any day now if not already.
Another species has visited the feeder on a very regular basis for about a week, a small family of Starlings would visit almost all day everyday to the point of almost stopping the Robin and Blue tit from visiting at all.
I’ve stopped putting out Mealworm for the last week, and the Starlings seem to have lost interest. I will restock from tomorrow with Mealworm, both live and dry.
I’m hoping that the Robins and the Blue tits feel secure enough to bring their fledglings to the feeder. In the Robins case this could be just a few weeks away. The Blue tits maybe mid to late may.
A rare visit from a Sparrowhawk seen here on the back fence.
We’ve also had a pair of Bullfinch visit the courtyard a few times. I believe it’s the same pair I saw on my travels in the snow at the beginning of February, I spotted them fairly close to home.
Plus the usual foray of casual visitors Great tits, Dunnock, Song Thrush.
