PDA

View Full Version : Starling, Bluetit & Woodpecker...

Moli
23-09-2007, 05:15 PM
http://wwwdogsey.com/pics/22142P1000838.JPG





http://wwwdogsey.com/pics/26492P1000840.JPG





http://wwwdogsey.com/pics/5819P1000848.JPG





http://wwwdogsey.com/pics/495P1000847.JPG





http://wwwdogsey.com/pics/22064P1000814.JPG
Not a Woodpecker, a Great Tit:)
Moli
23-09-2007, 05:16 PM
These were taken through the kitchen window, so not very good quality...The Starling is this years baby, just begining to get it adult feathers...
Moli
23-09-2007, 05:32 PM
http://wwwdogsey.com/pics/24011P1000863.JPG






http://wwwdogsey.com/pics/27725P1000862.JPG



This is a Chaffinch, just disappearing!:roll:


http://wwwdogsey.com/pics/15346P1000861.JPG






http://wwwdogsey.com/pics/10204P1000867.JPG
borderdawn
23-09-2007, 05:56 PM
Nice to have the birds around Moli, lovely pics.
Dawn.
Elaine
23-09-2007, 07:08 PM
Lovely pictures Moli :D
Mags
23-09-2007, 07:15 PM
Lovely pics Moli! :D
dandysmom
23-09-2007, 08:02 PM
Love the pics, Moli! We have starlings too, but none of the others you've shown. What sort of dove is that? Very pretty!
Moli
23-09-2007, 08:08 PM
Love the pics, Moli! We have starlings too, but none of the others you've shown. What sort of dove is that? Very pretty!
Its just an ordinary pigeon DM, nothing special, they are looked on as pests here...:(
dandysmom
23-09-2007, 08:36 PM
Good heavens, that doesn't look anything like the common pigeons that are a pest here in the cities!! Some people call them flying rats! That really resembles a dove (well, technically pigeons are rock doves), but that looks more like our mourning dove....wish I could get a pic of one for you, but they fly off when I try to.....
Moli
23-09-2007, 09:25 PM
http://www.birdperch.com/images/icnMourning_Dove-01.jpg (http://www.birdperch.com/galldetq.asp?sp=00562001)It is very similar DM
Mourning Dove...
dandysmom
23-09-2007, 09:38 PM
Thanks, Mrs H, that's the same mourning dove we have here, didn't realize they were in the UK also! I'm forever learning something new here.. :D But that graceful bird Moli posted the pic of doesn't resemble our pigeons at all...... ours have a shorter tail, reddish eyes, chunkier .....
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Strutting_pigeon.gk.jpg/250px-Strutting_pigeon.gk.jpg
Mags
23-09-2007, 09:48 PM
Our pigeons down this end of the country are like this.....

http://www.garden-birds.co.uk/birds/images/feral_pigeons.jpg
dandysmom
23-09-2007, 09:50 PM
Mags, not sure if you mean like the one I posted or the one Moli posted...????
Erin
23-09-2007, 09:53 PM
great pics Moli.Ill have to see if I can get any pics of the wildlife where I work.
We have loads of birds,the green woodpecker is my fave,we have loads of owls on site,ive seen quite a few working nights so im quite lucky :) we have loads of bunnies which means loads of foxes :roll: we also have 2 sets of badgers on site too,they are huge!!!!!! Only seen 1 of the badgers once when he ran out infront of the milk float in the morning,we went out to see what had gone on cause the blokehad slammed his brakes on and there was this massive badger running off into the woods
dandysmom
23-09-2007, 09:56 PM
great pics Moli.Ill have to see if I can get any pics of the wildlife where I work.
We have loads of birds,the green woodpecker is my fave,we have loads of owls on site,ive seen quite a few working nights so im quite lucky :) we have loads of bunnies which means loads of foxes :roll: we also have 2 sets of badgers on site too,they are huge!!!!!! Only seen 1 of the badgers once when he ran out infront of the milk float in the morning,we went out to see what had gone on cause the blokehad slammed his brakes on and there was this massive badger running off into the woods
Whenever I hear about badgers, I think of Mr. Badger in Wind in the Willows! I loved that book as a child!
Mags
23-09-2007, 09:59 PM
Mags, not sure if you mean like the one I posted or the one Moli posted...????
TBH Eileen, I think it looks different from yours and Moli's! :cool:
Erin
23-09-2007, 10:00 PM
Whenever I hear about badgers, I think of Mr. Badger in Wind in the Willows! I loved that book as a child!

Me too Eileen :-D
dandysmom
23-09-2007, 10:00 PM
Mags, was there a pic with your post? I didn't see one.......
Moli
23-09-2007, 10:05 PM
Thanks, Mrs H, that's the same mourning dove we have here, didn't realize they were in the UK also! I'm forever learning something new here.. :D But that graceful bird Moli posted the pic of doesn't resemble our pigeons at all...... ours have a shorter tail, reddish eyes, chunkier .....

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Strutting_pigeon.gk.jpg/250px-Strutting_pigeon.gk.jpg

We have those, they call the wood pigeons here...
Mags
23-09-2007, 10:06 PM
Mags, was there a pic with your post? I didn't see one.......
Yes Eileen, there's a small pic with it .....don't know why you cant see it though :?
dandysmom
23-09-2007, 10:12 PM
We have those, they call the wood pigeons here...

Just did a Google, and your wood pigeons are definitely what we call the common pigeon here! The one you posted a pic of is a much more attractive bird! Thanks for the explanation!
dandysmom
23-09-2007, 10:14 PM
Yes Eileen, there's a small pic with it .....don't know why you cant see it though :?

Strange! Went back and did a Refresh and still no pic....:smt017
Moli
23-09-2007, 10:16 PM
Just did a Google, and your wood pigeons are definitely what we call the common pigeon here! The one you posted a pic of is a much more attractive bird! Thanks for the explanation!
I will get a picture of one tomorrow...they are huge...
Moli
23-09-2007, 10:30 PM
Mag's Feral Pigeon.....



http://wwwdogsey.com/pics/3564feral_pigeons.jpg
dandysmom
23-09-2007, 10:33 PM
Wow, thanks, Moli! How did you do that?? That's exactly what we have here..... by the thousands!!!!
Moli
23-09-2007, 10:41 PM
Wow, thanks, Moli! How did you do that?? That's exactly what we have here..... by the thousands!!!!We have them here too, wood pigeons, but I am sure they have different colours in them...
Think my original picture was what they call a collared dove, but are still pests here...
dandysmom
23-09-2007, 10:47 PM
The wood/feral/common pigeons do come in all colors .browns, greys, bluish tints. Awful pests. Odd, but when I saw your pic I did think it might be a collared dove, but didn't Google as you said it was a pigeon. That lovely little bird is a pest? :shock:
I love our mourning doves, their call is so different, and I like the way their wings make a whistling sound when they fly off...and you tend to think of doves as peaceful....you should see them squabbling at the feeder! :-D
Moli
23-09-2007, 10:53 PM
We have a lot of Pine trees near us, and they nest in them every spring.....One of them has an extra note in its call, cannot remember which one it is though..