We've
had a lot of finches in the garden recently - green-, bull-, chaff- and
gold- probably as a result of the wild bird seed that has been on offer
at our feeding station but also, probably, because it's that time of year;
the finches are leaving their winter flocks and dispersing but they haven't
got down to the business of nesting yet.
A blue tit and a greenfinch are fighting
it out on the seed feeder this afternoon.
The greenfinch thrusts its bill agressively at the resident blue tit,
a threat which invariably sees off the sparrows, but the blue tit, defending
the territory around its nestbox on next door's kitchen wall, has a trick
of it's own: it hangs upside down, clinging to the rim of the feeder like
a punk pirate on a boarding party. The greenfinch decides it's not going
to be able to continue to nibble in peace and it flies off.
We've
had a lot of finches in the garden recently - green-, bull-, chaff- and
gold- probably as a result of the wild bird seed that has been on offer
at our feeding station but also, probably, because it's that time of year;
the finches are leaving their winter flocks and dispersing but they haven't
got down to the business of nesting yet.
afternoon.
The greenfinch thrusts its bill agressively at the resident blue tit,
a threat which invariably sees off the sparrows, but the blue tit, defending
the territory around its nestbox on next door's kitchen wall, has a trick
of it's own: it hangs upside down, clinging to the rim of the feeder like
a punk pirate on a boarding party. The greenfinch decides it's not going
to be able to continue to nibble in peace and it flies off.