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[CLKD]

Ours are busy accessing the feeders in POURING rain  ……… let me know about the waxwings, it seems a bit strange as cockerels don't rely on food stuffs whereas flamingoes kept in captivity need coloured foods to keep the feathers pink 

[Limpy]

You know how Collar Doves can be a bit irritating with their repetitive calls?
Well we've got the same sort of thing with Buzzards.
There's a couple of young ones which keep circling around calling to stake their territory.

[Taz2]

That mewing sound can be a bit monotonous but lovely the first time you hear it.

It is the Cedar Waxwing CLKD - you can read about it here http://www.birdsource.org/ibs/IBSspecies/cedwax/index.html  Sixth paragraph I think.

Taz x

[Limpy]

At the last place we lived some Buzzards arrived, I thought the mewing was very special.
Still do really, it just gets a bit wearing, bit like the Collar Dove call.......

[CLKD]

The adult buzzards mew when courting and when they are driving away their young 

It has poured all day and guess who left the lid off the seed/nut bin 

[Taz2]

They mew at other times too though - most of the time.. wheeling over the house. Perhaps they are saying "give us some grub" 

Taz x

[oldsheep]

we have a mum pigeon on our little flower balcony (house feature rather than real balcony) up here - she blinks nervously at me whenever I open the window. Such a dedicated mum. It'll not end well. The previous 3 pigeon mums who tried it all lost their young to carrion crows.

OH got stung 4x by a worker hornet (the smaller ones) while sitting on the sofa 2 nights ago! It got up his trousers....luckily only to the knee. Very weird.

[Limpy]

They mew at other times too though - most of the time.. wheeling over the house. Perhaps they are saying "give us some grub" 

There was a dead rabbit in the garden - what else can we do? 

[CLKD]

Wave the rabbit at the buzzard?  usually they only eat carrion, nature's clearer upperers ……….

[Taz2]

.. and worms... I love watching them following the plough in the autumn

Taz x

[Taz2]

I love this short video of ants protecting their herd of aphids from a ladybird. My dad used to do this with a ladybird when I was really young - we spent hours watching them and he explained it like a herd of sheep being attacked by a wolf. It really sparked my interest in the insect world I think https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9zTwngwdVc

Taz x

[Limpy]

That's really interesting Taz - never would have thought ants could have dealt with a ladybird.

[CLKD]

Ants harvest aphids ………… nature is fascinating!

[countrylass]

Has anyone else noticed a lot of bold young robins about? I'm seeing a lot of them, most almost into their adult plumage - they're so bold they almost get under my feet. They've started singing territory song again here, but fairly quietly at the moment. It's lovely.

[Taz2]

Yes they are really fearless aren't they? That autumn song is my favourite of all bird songs. It was Tweet of the Day a few weeks ago http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b038qhyz

Taz x