A couple of them were kind enough to join me for lunch recently! I think I've seen most of them, save for a couple of the finches and also the woodpecker. I did hear the woodpecker, but that's quite a lot easier than seeing one!
Back when I was a kid, we had all these on our street except bullfinch, woodpecker and goldcrest.
Over the years, all the lawns have been turned to patios, nearly all the trees have been cut down and with all the cats, I can't even feed what few birds we have left. So I don't think I've seen any birds this week :( I hear a few great tits churring and a couple of weeks ago there was a blackbird whose song sounded similar to the one of the tame one I used to have. He was killed by a psycho cat. His song had been passed down the generations on my street, it was the same song from when I was a kid. And it ended when that cat got him 😡
My favorite thing about visiting my parents, outside of seeing my parents and their dogs, is that the neighborhood still has a good amount of trees and vegetation. Birds love it, and I love birds, so it works out.
But also they're pesky and keep eating the unripe blueberries.
That robin was supertame. He and his mate just kept having brood after brood because they knew all he had to do was look at me with his big eyes and I'd buy another kilo of worms. He used to chase his juveniles and even his mate away sometimes, he was a little savage. He got a respiratory illness and I didn't know you could take wild birds to the vet.
I have the photos on my PC, for some reason the sd card on my phone always corrupts and so did the replacement, so I don't know if I got two fake cards or if it's just an android thing. I don't have that issue on my old android 6 tablet or my old android 2 phone 🤷🏽♀
I think every robin I have ever observed interacting with other birds has been a violent little bastard hahaha. Maybe they're less a symbol of Christmas and more one of the Boxing Day sales
And hey, it's a shame that he died like that, but it sounds like you gave him a proper life of luxury for a wild animal. It's beautiful that he trusted you so much
Yeah, robins are friendly with humans, but are fiercely territorial with other robins and if neither backs down in a fight, they can fight to the death.
There was a poem I read once and I can't find it anywhere. It was about a robin strutting proudly and ended with the reason being that "he killed his father in a fight". I wish I could find it again!
They are cute, but I could do without their sort of "aroo, durr, aroo bleehhh" sort of groan. There are some blackbirds in the area that sing beautifully though, it's my fav thing about the wildlife in the southwest. Didn't get that in Bedford, tell you what!
There's a juvenile black bird in my parents garden and it doesn't seem to know what a blackbird is supposed to sound like. It keeps coming up with all sorts of weird noises that no bird before has ever made, but it is definitely just a stupid juvenile blackbird.
It goes weeeeeeeeewop weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewop weewop weeeeeeeewop
If there are any birdologists out there who can explain what the hell is wrong with it I'd love to know.
It eats pests, but it also eats a bunch of other things. Like pretty much every single time humans have done this, it had unintended and negative consequences
I live in the heart of a big city (Hamburg, Germany). However, we have a lot of trees and greens in Hamburg, so I saw Blackbirds, Sparrows, Robins, a Wren and last night, a pair of great tits. 😊
If I take the past week as the defined time period 'recently' then I have seen 9 out of 15. (Starling, Sparrow, Magpie, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin, Wood pigeon, Wren and Pied Wagtail).
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Skua@kbin.earth · 8 pts · 86d
A couple of them were kind enough to join me for lunch recently! I think I've seen most of them, save for a couple of the finches and also the woodpecker. I did hear the woodpecker, but that's quite a lot easier than seeing one!
LadyButterfly@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 86d
That photo made me smile
DakRalter@thelemmy.club · 6 pts · 86d
Back when I was a kid, we had all these on our street except bullfinch, woodpecker and goldcrest.
Over the years, all the lawns have been turned to patios, nearly all the trees have been cut down and with all the cats, I can't even feed what few birds we have left. So I don't think I've seen any birds this week :( I hear a few great tits churring and a couple of weeks ago there was a blackbird whose song sounded similar to the one of the tame one I used to have. He was killed by a psycho cat. His song had been passed down the generations on my street, it was the same song from when I was a kid. And it ended when that cat got him 😡
I used to have a tame robin and great tit.
Edit: looks like my SD card is corrupted again :(
TheOakTree@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 86d
My favorite thing about visiting my parents, outside of seeing my parents and their dogs, is that the neighborhood still has a good amount of trees and vegetation. Birds love it, and I love birds, so it works out.
But also they're pesky and keep eating the unripe blueberries.
Skua@kbin.earth · 3 pts · 86d
Ahh, shame about the SD card. The photo of the robins is delightful!
DakRalter@thelemmy.club · 2 pts · 85d
That robin was supertame. He and his mate just kept having brood after brood because they knew all he had to do was look at me with his big eyes and I'd buy another kilo of worms. He used to chase his juveniles and even his mate away sometimes, he was a little savage. He got a respiratory illness and I didn't know you could take wild birds to the vet.
I have the photos on my PC, for some reason the sd card on my phone always corrupts and so did the replacement, so I don't know if I got two fake cards or if it's just an android thing. I don't have that issue on my old android 6 tablet or my old android 2 phone 🤷🏽♀
Skua@kbin.earth · 2 pts · 85d
I think every robin I have ever observed interacting with other birds has been a violent little bastard hahaha. Maybe they're less a symbol of Christmas and more one of the Boxing Day sales
And hey, it's a shame that he died like that, but it sounds like you gave him a proper life of luxury for a wild animal. It's beautiful that he trusted you so much
Moodel@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 49d
I have some Robins that come down but they coexist quite placidly with my two families of house sparrows.
DakRalter@thelemmy.club · 1 pts · 84d
Yeah, robins are friendly with humans, but are fiercely territorial with other robins and if neither backs down in a fight, they can fight to the death.
There was a poem I read once and I can't find it anywhere. It was about a robin strutting proudly and ended with the reason being that "he killed his father in a fight". I wish I could find it again!
I have a fun fact about robins!
https://autistics.life/@SilverArrows/114763194894486510
WalleyeWarrior@midwest.social · 4 pts · 86d
I see plenty of house sparrows every day. I live in Ohio and they are invasive and cause serious problems in urban areas here.
echodot@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 85d
That's because the houses in Ohio have never had any natural predators.
Anchorxiety@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 82d
My favourite are the tits, all kinds of tits.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 86d
I love wood pigeons! So friend shaped!
yakko@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 85d
They are cute, but I could do without their sort of "aroo, durr, aroo bleehhh" sort of groan. There are some blackbirds in the area that sing beautifully though, it's my fav thing about the wildlife in the southwest. Didn't get that in Bedford, tell you what!
Flax_vert@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 85d
I love the pigeon noises
yakko@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 85d
It just makes me wonder if the owls know. It's copyright infringement, I tell you.
echodot@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 85d
There's a juvenile black bird in my parents garden and it doesn't seem to know what a blackbird is supposed to sound like. It keeps coming up with all sorts of weird noises that no bird before has ever made, but it is definitely just a stupid juvenile blackbird. It goes weeeeeeeeewop weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewop weewop weeeeeeeewop
If there are any birdologists out there who can explain what the hell is wrong with it I'd love to know.
UncleArthur@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 85d
All of them. We live in the rural Welsh Marches.
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 86d
Last I saw was a starling, which was odd because I was in Melbourne at the time.
Skua@kbin.earth · 4 pts · 86d
It was intentionally introduced there in the 1800s by people who wanted it to do pest control
LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 86d
Any ideas how it worked out?
frunch@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 86d
New pest dropped: Starlings
Skua@kbin.earth · 1 pts · 86d
It eats pests, but it also eats a bunch of other things. Like pretty much every single time humans have done this, it had unintended and negative consequences
LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 86d
Yep... you'd think we'd learn
echodot@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 85d
It's basically just a very uncinematic version of Jurassic park.
SavinDWhales@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 85d
I live in the heart of a big city (Hamburg, Germany). However, we have a lot of trees and greens in Hamburg, so I saw Blackbirds, Sparrows, Robins, a Wren and last night, a pair of great tits. 😊
wewbull@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 85d
Not so many of the small ones, but that might be down to the Red Kites.
echodot@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 85d
Pretty much all of them except the woodpecker. Also I get a lot of Swifts.
Diddlydee@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 86d
Moodel@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 49d
If I take the past week as the defined time period 'recently' then I have seen 9 out of 15. (Starling, Sparrow, Magpie, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin, Wood pigeon, Wren and Pied Wagtail).
FishFace@piefed.social · 1 pts · 86d
Do we include ones not on this slightly strange list?
LadyButterfly@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 86d
Strangely I'll allow it