Wildlife Corner

Our robins tend to sit on the street light and sing away as though it is dawn..although it is actually dark still. Good photo by the way...breast is a lovely colur.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=iMKjxMCNnjw there was one but a different one to the one i had seen, how many people have had there head stuck up elephants bums i ask myself? :eek:

Woo I have a Canon 70-300mm IS What I have done is to move a large pot with a Sumoch nearer to the kitchen window. The birds don't seem to see me any more I am probably now too close, as the head is in focus and the tail is not on some of my shots This is a cropped view

I'll share my corned beef any day with him ...

Well captured Walnut.

Yes they are degus , I saw some on the BBC 2 programme `Wildlife Park` the other day.

Thanks again everybody. So glad you all seem to enjoy it LOL ... I am sure we could find a Guinness and a Jamesons McCoubrey's opens again around May

Great shots Strongy.

Smashing pics Whis4ey...

I will be keeping an eye on it Whis4ey.

The dunnock is one of my favourite garden birds. The best way I could it would be, about the same size and shape as a robin and colours like those of a sparrow but with a darkish grey breast.It likes to feed on the ground and has a lovely song which it sings from hedge and tree branches....

Done it again!, last time it was a Kingfisher. Well done Rich, good to have you back. C M, I think his last post was when he was 101. :D

Bombay 'duck' Rosa?? :D

They mainly feed on reptiles :( unlike the other Kingfishers. I remember old Tarzan films when I was young where the background African jungle sounds always seemed to have an Australian Kookaburra!!! :D

Hehe BM.. get your coat youve pulled :D

The colouring is caused by Spirulina, a blue-green algae abundant in the waters of Lakes it makes up lesser flamingoes' entire diet. Although called blue-green, this particular algae provides the red pigment for flamingoes' feathers. Lesser flamingoes, who survive solely on Spirulina, have a...

Absolutely right Lyn.. I have lived most of my life in the country & have kept chickens which are some of the cruelest birds I know... Sometimes swift & drastic action had to be taken with one of them because I couldn't let them suffer.. I do not believe in that.. :eek:

HI kandy Thank you I wasn't sure what it was I am afraid I can't take any credit for the being close It was my zoom lens at about 50ft away,

Walnut that is lovely, i saw one while talking to a neighbour in broad daylight, nothing strange about the fox but talking to my neighbour in broad daylight :DI love the little things, I really do (foxs')