Birds that showed up at the feeders

Hi all. As stated just a quicky and intended to blend in with Eileens topic - had to have a different title though I thought because these comments are just related to Xmas and Boxing days whereas hopefully Eileens will be an ongoing thing.
Here's what its at - although bizzy bizzy bizzy I made time to get out on the plot with my DSlR to see what birds showed up at the feeders. Delighted to say that amongst them was a beautiful Goldfinch - a bird which I have missed seeing badly these three and a half years we have lived in this property. Maybe someone else did the same thing and made some Xmas time bird visitor pics. Heres those that I took but missed out on a Blackbird which just looked in. Hope you like these and also hope you are all enjoying your Xmas's. Syd.


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Moderator's note: added a more descriptive title to topic

 

Syd, What are they? the only ones I am familiar with are the gold finch an the chickadee. They are all beautiful, by the way. Great shots.

 

Hi Eileen - carolyn. Thanks for that. Reading from the top:-
carolyn.
Dunnock or Hedge Sparrow.
Wood Pigeon.
Goldfinch (which you know).
Blue Tit.
Marsh Tit.
Coal Tit.
Robin.
Eileen. The Siskins are handsome birds I think and we do see just a few here including that little exhausted one I sent a pic of. I only wish we still got regular Goldfinches, Greenfinches, Song Thrushes and even Sparrows and Starlings. Have not heard a Song Thrush sing now for three and a half years - a real loss to me - loved to hear them. Just a little story - pal of mine two doors away at last address found an injured one in he's garden, had one wing badly hurt. He cared for it and got it back into shape although it was unable to fly - he made a large aviary for it and it was with him for a few years - a regular singer and started up as soon as another could be heard nearby mostly.
You are obviously a very keen birdwatcher and photographer - for interest what cameras do you use please?.
Syd.

 

Thanks Syd, Your robin is different than ours. I had to go look and see how I missed that, but it doesn't look like our american robin. Your birds are all pretty colorful compared to our winter plumage birds.

 

Hi carolyn. Those that stay with us are pretty much the same all year round but the US is such a vast area with so many different climates and birds/creatures in them depending on what part - you folks bird pics I have seen on site here are wonderful - if there was such things as "hardy" Humming Birds it would be great to have them here. No Humming Birds but we do have a Humming bird Hawk Moth which behaves in exactly the same way - hovering just away from the flower as do the birds. Another thing which always fascinates me is the sheer size,spaciousness and in fact so many many things in the US compared to us here. We have one of your Service chaps and he's wife living opposite us - went over to wish them well for Xmas etc and just could not believe the size of the TV they have, it was masses bigger than anything I have ever seen here.
I do have a (not brilliant) pic of the Humming Bird Moth and will edit this in a while and attach it. Hope you had a great Xmas and may I wish you and yours a very Happy New Year.
Pic of that Moth. You will have to look closely but a trace of its rapidly moving left wing can just be seen and also whatever it is called out from its mouth to collect/feed. I must get to telling of the Moths and Frogs I mentioned a while back.
Two more pics of the Humming BIrd Hawk Moth. Syd.


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Good to see those birds on your feeders. I sure wish that more goldfinches (we call them putters/distelvinken) would drop by the lottie. I see them in huge flocks regularly when I hike.
It was a good variety that you show visiting your feeding station.

 

They are all so pretty. I can't wait to get a new camera with a better zoom so I can get some photos of my visitors.

 

Hi AA - cheryl.
I find the whole subject of birds absolutely fascinating - so good to see them about and as a very keen gardener and they being an addition and even extension to all of that quite apart from admiring their beauty I always look on them as "flying flowers". Try to imagine a concrete jungle with no trees/plants, animals, birds, butterflies, bees and so much else - sorry I cannot - to me its unthinkable. To my mind I feel very strongly that any person who has a love for all things Ma Nature be it in the wild or in their own cherished plots and gardens has a heck of a lot going for them - we must all help her as much as we can, she needs in this current age all the help she can get - lets not lose it.
cheryl. Ref cameras. Just as a thought a good DSLR plus a zoom lens does a wonderful job - can be bought in kits - camera, wide angle lens plus a 200- 300mm zoom. Again no expert me but thats how I started and progressed from there, now have 500mm zooms also. Lovely nattering to you all.
Best wishes. Syd.