feeding the birds

[zotty]

been feeding this Robin since the snow was down .. heres what 7 months of twitching gets you LOL

video i took this morning

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H53L8lziULM

and below is his first venture into the house

 

[tintin40]

Great stuff. Love birds

 

[rosstheboss]

Nice video!

I used to love this side of gardening, I remember making friends with a small bird when I was clearing ivy from a garden wall once - it soon worked out that me tapping the wall meant a big fat juicy spider was just about to come running out! I very nearly got a robin eating out of my hand once but, as you may or may not know, Robins are horrible territorial bastards and a bigger one came along and bashed it out the way, never to be seen again!!!

 

[zotty]

lol i suspect he is THE bigger robin . had him feeding from my hand for a while now but now i have him coming to the arm of the sofa i no longer need to stand there with my arm held out .have seen him go through his court ship (feeding her the worms he takes from here). she went awol for a week or two ( was obviously on eggs in next doors garden as i can hear them now as mom and dad return) and now his Mrs has now started join him on his visits but isnt as brave a he is.. door step is the closest ive tempted her so far... awaiting them to bring the kids overs soon

 

[hamster]

Nice small speakers!

I've got two Goldfinches that visit, they have a beautiful song. However, the feeder drops so much seed that I have a rat problem.

 

[IDB1]

The ducks the missus has been feeding knock on the front door in the mornings now..

 

[tintin40]

However, the feeder drops so much seed that I have a rat problem.

I'll solve your Rat problem free. Hate rats love shooting them.

 

[hamster]

I got two in the live trap the other day and shot them. Saw three cavorting around the trap at lunchtime. :evil:

 

[makster]

I got two in the live trap the other day and shot them. Saw three cavorting around the trap at lunchtime. :evil:

Chased one around my lounge once with a length of tile trim (I was tiling my kitchen, and this was first to hand ) like a Zulu warrior!
Got the b*stard in the end too.
Luckily I've not had any visitors since.

Love that video!
I've just started feeding a robin in my garden, but there are lots of cats around so I dont want to encourage it too much

 

[jamabikes]

5th year of house martins in our eaves. love em.