Ever felt like a gooseberry…
Monk Parakeets in Parc Guell, Barcelona. Last week.
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Slow start to nest building. It would bring material in, then take it back out. One day it cleaned the whole box back out. I’ve no idea why they do that and waste time. It pushes and compacts the material to the edges with its wings.
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My friend Keith is on a birding trip to India. He sent me this picture of a Brown Fish Owl. He suggested a likeness to Dennis Healey. He has a point.
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After spending a huge amount of time trying to see off ‘the interloper’, one of our local Blue Tits sat still just long enough to have his portrait taken.
Cheers,
Ian
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Off to the next branch
A Yellow-rumped Warbler cannot stay in one spot for longer than a second, a very busy schedule:
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Mo kindly donated some of his fur for nest building. Put it out and within an hour it was being used. Smart things.
It looks so grey, but Mo is chocolate brown.
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Not sure if you treat your cat for fleas, but leaving fur for nesting birds is being discouraged due to the high levels of insecticides found in fur…Songbirds being killed by pesticides found in pet fur flea treatments | Birds | The Guardian
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Yes I read about that a couple of years ago. No, Mo hasn’t had the spot-on type treatment for a good 3 months. I like to keep all these chemicals to a minimum, as I think the cat’s kidney is their weak point and I don’t want it damaged.
Good point to make though.
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That’s good. Thought it was worthwhile highlighting it as I’m sure a lot of people wouldn’t be aware.
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