What a lovely sight to have a family of Goldfinches with Youngsters being fed on the fence. We generally get at least a dozen Goldfinches, but these babies have made the numbers soar.
Not all fledglings are that welcome though. This juvenile Sparrow Hawk made repeat visits this evening. The green bush is known as the Dunnock bush, because our resident dunnocks like to dart into it for safety. This Sparrow hawk is pretty sharp though, and clearly knew there was supper in there. What a shame we disturbed it before it had chance to eat!
Not all fledglings are that welcome though. This juvenile Sparrow Hawk made repeat visits this evening. The green bush is known as the Dunnock bush, because our resident dunnocks like to dart into it for safety. This Sparrow hawk is pretty sharp though, and clearly knew there was supper in there. What a shame we disturbed it before it had chance to eat!
We have similar visitors at present - songbird numbers (measured by the amount of food we are getting through) seem to have doubled or tripled. A neighbour has moved and the house is currently empty so I think we are getting all the birds which she used to feed in addition to the youngsters.
ReplyDeleteAnd we've had either a juvenile or male Sparrowhawk as well . . .