Reply to: Unusual bird on my bird table.

[zeitghost]

Jealous now.

[Lockhouse]

Pheasant and woodpecker in the garden.

[zeitghost]

One theory is that they do it to show how 'ard they are to other crows

There's definitely a jackdaw pecking order at the bird table.

[Sysman]

Might it have been a jackdaw/crow, they hate hawks & take every opportunity to harass them.

If I remember correctly (which isn't a certainty at my age) the smaller bird doing the attacking was too swift to be a crow.

[Toastiness]

It's quite amazing; you see crows harrassing Buzzards and think they're insane.

Have you noticed that the crows make a particularly raucous sound when harassing or even flying towards a buzzard ? I usually spot this is happening from the noise.
One theory is that they do it to show how 'ard they are to other crows

[Old Hack]

Might it have been a jackdaw/crow, they hate hawks & take every opportunity to harass them.

It's quite amazing; you see crows harrassing Buzzards and think they're insane.

As for hummingbirds, we took photos of hummingbord moths in france this summer. Extraordinary things.

[zeitghost]

One day I saw some kind of hawk chasing off an eagle, which I assumed was a territory thing, but they were too far away to identify without binoculars.

Might it have been a jackdaw/crow, they hate hawks & take every opportunity to harass them.

[Lockhouse]

The missus has just now sent me a photo of a pheasant in the back garden...

[Sysman]

I saw a hummingbird once.

Went for my camera and the bugger had gone.

I saw a chameleon crossing the front garden path in Africa.

By the time I grabbed my camera from inside the house it had completely vanished. At the speed it had been going* it couldn't have gone far but no way could I see the thing.

* slowly and staccato like

[Sysman]

I've not seen any birds of prey actually in the garden (we get loads of Corvids, Jays, T*ts etc) but at the lake at the back of our house we get flocks of buzzards at high altitude during the summer. Never seen one low or up close.

Near the rural offices I was using until six months ago you could often see various birds of prey. One day I saw some kind of hawk chasing off an eagle, which I assumed was a territory thing, but they were too far away to identify without binoculars.

The nearest I got to an eagle was when flew out of the woods all of three meters away from the bus I was on. I was too slow getting the camera out of my bag for that one.

[BrilloPad]

I saw a hummingbird once.

Went for my camera and the bugger had gone.

[Old Hack]

WOHS.

I've only ever seen one green woodpecker.

It was resting on top of a gravestone in the cemetary & flew away as soon as it saw me.

This is the bad boy we saw yesterday having a crack at soemthign on the floor for 30 mins.

[Lockhouse]

I've only ever seen one green woodpecker.

It was resting on top of a gravestone in the cemetery & flew away as soon as it saw me.

I have a video and photos of one in my front garden having a go at an ant's nest. If I get a chance I'll post it tonight.

[zeitghost]

My brother has those in his garden. They form an orderly queue along his shed roof to use the peanut holder.

Are they coal t*ts?

They are long tailed tits from the name of the photo; coal tits are more yellow and grey/black than these, iirc.

WOHS.

I had one of these in my garden recently - lovely to look at!

I've only ever seen one green woodpecker.

It was resting on top of a gravestone in the cemetary & flew away as soon as it saw me.

[Old Hack]

My brother has those in his garden. They form an orderly queue along his shed roof to use the peanut holder.

Are they coal t*ts?

They are long tailed tits from the name of the photo; coal tits are more yellow and grey/black than these, iirc.