I’m not aware of Misty chasing birds. I can’t recall her ever bringing one in. Now, mice are a different matter we assume there’s a colony somewhere in the garden as every so often we’ll wake up to one laid on the carpet. Presumably for us to top up our larder but we aren’t here for mice today.
I looked out of the conservatory this morning, just in time to see a full squadron of pigeons take off from next door. I was a bit late putting bird food out today, so I hope the starlings got their fill. I love that the starling I go visit us. I feel guilty that not all of them get a full meal, but I do what I can.
I bought a box of 150 fat balls for the small birds, would you believe it? They won’t eat them! I’ve seen the very, extremely occasional small bird at them. But, as did the two blue tits that were in the garden they completely ignore them. The get partially eaten if I put them in the blender.
At the moment, I’m on mealworms and sunflower hearts which seem to go down quite well.
Magpies are beautiful birds, but they don’t always have a good reputation. We quite often get a couple of them in the garden, marching about like they own the place. They are nervous birds though,flying off at the slightest disturbance.
Then of course there is the grey wagtail. It has been with us for three years now. But it disappears off when we put the garden furniture out. It’s beautiful, and we love it, we do worry about it though.
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