My garden is a hive of bird activity at the moment. The Starlings are loving the berries on the massive Willow-like Shinus that stands in the front garden and at any given time during the day there seem to be about thirty to forty of them there at a time, eating the red berries and swooping down to my pond for a drink from the bird baths and a swim. They chatter non-stop and we love hearing their continuous chirping as we work. (The Pepper and Pond are directly outside the office).
But it can also be quite distracting. I’ve shown the location of the pond with the bird baths before in this post. If I turn my head 45 degrees to the left I see two of the three baths and the starlings have been taking turns playing and drinking here for the last few days. At any given time there are at least two birds on each bath with a few others on the ledges or darting back up into the tree to grab a few more of the red berries they seem to love.
A short, 35 second video of the Starlings this afternoon:
And a couple of shots of the Starlings …
[one_half]Starling on the Pond ledge
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[one_half_last]At the bird bath
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[one_half]The berries they love
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[one_half_last]More fun at the baths
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[one_half]In the massive Pepper tree
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[one_half_last]With the favoured red berries
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And in other Birdie News …
[one_half]Cape Bulbul (Pycnonotus capensis).
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[one_half_last]Even the big birds drink here
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[one_half]My favourite, the Sunbird
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[one_half_last]And two little Witoogies
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[one_half]Coming in to land …
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[one_half_last]Cute little witoogie (white-eye)
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Those are my Autum Bird-capades! The Starlings have taken over the front garden and in exchange for their delightful company all day, they leave quite a mess behind!
Birds in other Gardens …
I’ve been enjoying all the birds I’ve been seeing on other gardening blogs lately too. Some of my favourite “Bird” posts include …
Bird Rescue Board from It’s Not Work, It’s Gardening; The Niagra Falls Garden Magazine from Garden Walk, Garden Talk; Brush Piles are for the Birds by The Sage Butterfly; The Malachite Sunbird Babies by Barbie of The Gardening Blog; BlogSpot for the Birds by Elephant’s Eye; Hawkweed for Weavers at Beautiful Wildlife Gardens; Sweet little birds, outside my window by This Grandmothers Garden; Bird Counting by Gardens Eye View; A Bit of Bird Watching by A Rose is A Rose; The Bluejays by Crafty Gardener; Time to count Birds by Pam’s English Cottage Garden; We Have Owls! by The Whimsical Gardener, What a Hoot! by Las Aventuras … and there really are at least a hundred more.
Let me know in the comments below if you’ve shared your birds on your blog and leave a link to your post! Would love to share your birds …
Happy Gardening
xxx
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