Happy Saturday! Today is all about the birds.
First, there has been a Robin migration going on with hundreds of them in our yard and the neighborhood. They have been feeding on insects in the grass and under the pine straw in the back yard. The outdoor bird TV has been quite entertaining and exercising for us as they go from window to window to watch them.
Seagulls and their usual scavenging ways were the entertainment on Friday as Mom took a walk down to the pier in Southport to sit on the bench and drink some coffee that she got from the Southport Coffee shop. She also got a little to go box with a blueberry scone in it. As she made her way to the waterfront, the seagulls spotted the box, and started flying from the pier to the grassy area near the water and the benches. When she sat on the nearest bench, they cried out and made all sorts of commotion, some even walking up very close to her. One brave seagull, (musta been the leader) walked very close to her, all the while yelling at her to open the box! Then the other pretty black birds, the ones with the glistening shiny blue and black feathers started in calling out for food too. They made all sorts of noises with their heads thrown back yakkin' away to the sky. She felt bad that she didn't give them any of her food but 1) even though people often feed the birds bits of bread, bread and sweet foods are not healthy for them, and 2) she might have been swarmed with seagulls all flying over her and you know what might happen then right? Bird poop!
There were also a bunch of Ruddy Turnstone birds (I thought they were Plovers, but Google says differently...) digging for insects in the grass. They were not interested in looking for scraps.
Eventually, our food man daddy showed up and quickly ate the rest of the yummy sweet blueberry scone. The birds went on their merry way looking for the next person to come with some food.
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| The Robin migration is here. There were hundreds of them in our yard over the last week. |
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| Say what? |
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| The Seagull yellin at Mom |
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| Ruddy Turnstone feeding on bugs |
Tommy & Teaghan (with help from the Mom taking the pictures :-))
Your robins look a lot bigger than ours. They are quite solitary but enjoy human company. I have a robin that sits on the telephone wire every morning and several times through the day. If he sees me he stays and sings to me. If we are outside doing gardening he is right there.
ReplyDeleteSeagulls drive me nuts! Because we have had so many storms this winter they have moved up the river and land in our fields screeching their heads off!
A few robins are brave enough to live here in the winter. Yours will end up in a couple months I bet. I love seeing the Turnstone. Tommy and Teaghan, you have the bestest place fur the early birds coming up from way far far away. Precious
ReplyDeleteOh, the American Robins are huge compared to the ones we knew in the Old World. They indeed do land in flocks on the lawn and eat whatever they find.
ReplyDeleteSeagulls are so noisy!
Great photos and Tommy and Teaghan no doubt enjoy watching the birds.
Hugs,
Mariette + Kitties
We're just starting to see a few robins again here. It's been a pretty mild winter (though we've gotten a bunch of snow the past week. Sorry to hear your mom got pooped on by a rude seagull!
ReplyDeleteThat's sure a lot of birds and those gull sure appreciate the treats from humans. They don't always say thanks in the proper way!
ReplyDeleteGreat photos.
ReplyDeleteAll those birdie! We wish We could have seen them.
ReplyDeleteMummy says that on her trip to Caesarea last week, She saw flocks of birds (She doesn't know what kind) swooping all over the old harbour.
Mum says the spring birds should be here soon, like a few weeks. No robins yet, but she did put out special foods for them. In case they get here early.
ReplyDeleteSeagulls are cheeky and will mob you. I've seen places where they have to put nets over the eating areas to keep the gulls from divebombing the tables.
ReplyDeleteWe have plenty of birds here all year, the bird TV never really stops for winter.
Oona: "Birds! Oona loves birds!!! Also lizards, mice, snakes, bugs, crinkly paper ..."
ReplyDeleteJava Bean: "Ayyy, you love a lot of things."
Oona: "OONA HAS GOT PLENTY OF LOVE TO GO AROUND!!! And by 'love' Oona means 'things she wants to pounce on' ."