Today’s guest picture is another from my sister Mary’s visit to Regents Park.
One absolute certainty of the day was that it was raining. It was raining in the morning, it was raining the afternoon, it was raining at supper time.
As it was quite windy too, the other certainty was that I wasn’t going anywhere further than the corner shop.
I was therefore more than usually pleased to welcome Dropscone with his traditional Friday treacle scones to share a morning cup of coffee or two.
After he left, I found useful things to do like putting another week of the newspaper index into the Archive Group database and catching up on my correspondence. I also found entertaining things to do like a tricky crossword and looking out of the window. Once again, it would have been all too easy to spend all day looking out of the window as the birds provided a constant source of interest.
It started with chaffinches…..
The plum tree had about thirty perched on its branches…
…and there were often over twenty five on the ground under the feeders
There were also plenty of goldfinches….
…and then there were the siskins too.
To add a touch of variety, we were visited by a male brambling looking at his very finest.
Sadly he didn’t stay long.
We also saw a sparrow on the feeder.
Considering how many sparrows there are about on neighbour’s hedges and feeders and even on bushes in our own garden, it is strange how few come to visit our feeders in early spring.
The action was continuous all day and I filled the feeders twice.
It wasn’t hard to catch a flying bird today as there were flying birds on all sides.
Sometimes there were too many to take in at once.
The siskins like to hang upside down while waiting for a spare perch…
…but they eat a lot when they get the chance.
Did I mention that it rained a lot?
When I wasn’t staring out of the window I was practising my flute and putting choir songs on the computer so in spite of the rotten weather, I didn’t entirely waste the day.
In the evening, we were joined by Mike and Alison and a bit more music helped ease the pain of the rain.
The flying bird of the day is one of the chaffinch flock. This one was the angriest of them all.
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That final flying bird is a winner, loved your comment too.
It’s great to see all the daffodils. I think ours have had a bit of a setback.
Some of those birds really do look angry.
We are promised colder weather next week as a side effect of your recent storm so I hope that it doesn’t get anywhere near your levels.
I hope not too!
Such a wet day you’ve had! I like the photo of the upsidedown siskin – so typical!
They are little gymnasts.
You got lots of birds despite the rain! 🙂
We did. Spring seems to have brought them into the garden.
Is it just me and the weather, or am I’m suffering the from Newcastle Brown poisoning. This post, although very enjoyable, is reminding me of “Waiting For Godot”.
Sorry, it wasn’t meant to be as cheerful as Godot.
I think it was a mental image of you and Dropscome the caused me to jump to the Godot connection. It’s become a brain worm now, I can’t shift it.
I shall look at him in a new light now.
The question has to be asked: Are you a Vladimir or Estragon?
Or perhaps Pozzo or even the donkey.
Sorry about all that rain. Good to have a tricky crossword to exercise the brain.
That’s a really wet day! At least the birds were happy and fighting fit and you enjoyed a tasty scone or two.
Who could ask for anything more?
I so much enjoyed your bird pictures! I love birds, they are just all so beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
I am glad that you enjoyed them. Thank you for taking the time to comment.
You must go through several barrels of birdseed in a week.
It is going down rather rapidly at the moment. I have had a very quiet winter though, using much less than usual so ‘swings and roundabouts’ applies.
I’d like to walk right into your sister’s picture!
It’s a public park. Hop on a bus. 🙂
Wonderful variety of birds. House Sparrows seem quite fixed in their ways, we rarely saw them on the feeders at the farm, even though they hung around by the barns that were only 50 yards away.
I expect to see them in numbers later on in spring.
Always nice to see them about.
I love the photo with chaffinches on the ground with a daffodil background, and the very angry bird.