Our Feeding Stations :):)

Like the new Avatar TT, its nice when you can have one thats a photo you've taken yourself. Thats why I use the one of my White Starling.
You can tell we've had another cold snap over the last few days. If you look at the peanut, and seed feeders in this photo you can see how much they have gone down. I filled them both up at 1-00pm Tuesday, and the photo was taken at 1-00pm Thursday. Thats apart from a tray full of sunflower seed, and one of wildbird food seed, plus all the fat balls, and fat cakes


WS

Wanda and 'Warren' sitting in a tree... K-I-S-S-I-N-G.

No photo yet, but our special feathered girl has gone and got herself a boyfriend. SM and my good self were treated to the sound of some pretty intense 'drumming'. Shortly after we were treated to the sight of the two of them flying around the trees together.

The next stage will be for the pair to bore a new nest, so we can expect more drumming in weeks to come. Then in May the eggs will appear. The big worry is the Starlings here, because they will go for the chicks.

Fingers crossed we have the sound of tiny drummers by the summer...

Thats great news TT, Starlings can be a pest, but fingers X if they have young the foliage will provide cover untill they fledge at least. Love the names, we have a pair of Nuthatches, I'll have to get Mrs S to put her thinking cap on for a name for them. It could be a good spring photo wise. With your little Drummers, and our little Nutters
WS
PS We have now come up with a name for our Nuthatches. We are going to call the Female Fruit, and the Male Nut. The problem we have is you cant tell them apart unlike Woodpeckers so if we post a pic it could be Fruit or it could be Nut. It will be OK if their both down together, then it will be Fruit & Nut
WS

Loving the pictures of Wanda TT, she is beautiful and can't wait to see Warren and oooooooo how exciting to hopefully have some little ones, that is going to be so wonderful.

Love the names Fruit & Nut WS let's hope we have some little Nutters as well, how brilliant is it going to be to have some little Woodpeckers and also some little Nuthatches on the forum

littlewid-x-

Fruit and Nut - that's so brilliant. Can't wait for updates and photos.

Lai

While we are waiting for the Nutters, here are this morning's visitors... Percival Pigeon, Thomas Tit, Chas Chaffinch and Judge Blackcap.

Brilliant TT Anyone else got some great names for the Birds that visit them
WS

Oh and I thought I was eccentric giving everything names ................. loving the choice of names TT and WS.

Lai

Got some more
Scare Crow


Alexzander the Great Tit

Arthur Scargill Coal Tit


WS

You should have been on the stage WS -

Lai

Hahahahaha...

Arfur is perfect for a coal tit - and a Miner bird!

I though it was rather appropiate TT
WS

I dont know if anyone else has noticed, but the feeders today have gone really busy. It's as though they know another cold spell's on the way
WS

Loving the photo's and names TT & WS and your right WS, the feeders have gone a bit mad again, I bet they can tell the weather ahead of the weathermen, maybe we are in for another cold spell animals are very intuitive aren't they.

littlewid-x-

I agree, a big top up of the feeders yesterday let's hope we aren't in for more snow and freezing weather.

Lai

Interesting that you're all noticing the feeders taking a pounding.

We have refilled the seed feeder twice in little over a week. We have also gone through four fatballs this week, half the peanuts have disappeared since Saturday night's refill and the complete slab of birdcake was gone in two days.

The sheer variety of birds has increased in recent days - and Wanda is still coming over for lunch every day between 1.00pm-1.30pm. Unusual for a girl to be on time....

Doogs wrote:Loving all these piccy's and names - you lot are wasted, too much talent !!

Think we are due to get some colder / frostier weather in the next few days Lai but thankfully no mention of the white stuff, yet ! I've got quite a bit of bird seed to put out but need to get some more fat balls

Homebase do a large tub of 50 fatballs really cheap at the moment Doogs. Might be worth a look if you have one close by. Works out much cheaper than their packs of 12.

MEOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW TT - i have no idea what you are talking about girls/time

Lai

I'm not sure who's been giving lessons to who here, WS to TT or TT to WS both very cheeky boys......need a Tut Tut emoticon SM

I've heard today that tomorrow is supposed to be icy so i've just done a good top up of the feeder incase I run late in the morning....... just noticed what i've admitted to there TT

littlewid-x-

Yup, honesty is the best policy!

I know you like reading, so allow me to recommend Misogyny and Me by Andy Gray

You are right.......Honesty is the best policy.......you are faaaarrrrr too cheeky

littlewid-x-

Yipeeeeee at last I've got some back up
Its good your getting alot more visitors TT, It's the Big Garden Birdwatch this weekend, so if you, and SM are doing it you'll have lots to fill in. The photo SM put up of the Fieldfare is great, and you might find you've got more than one
WS

here is a picture of one of the robins that visits me. I think this one is either a juvenile or a female as it is very slim and a lot smaller than the other one that visits as that one is rather 'rotund' but I can never get a picture of that one