Tuesday, January 25, 2022
There was an icy wind today so I filled the feeders and then settled down to birdwatch from the window(s). If this sounds easy - it wasn't. The birds are constantly being flushed up into surrounding trees and bushes by passing people and cars (for some reason, the garden is at the front) and by my own uncareful movements near the window. A cruising sparrow-hawk didn't help matters. One of my targets, the brambling, made only sporadic appearances and could only be snapped through a smeary part of the window.
There were at least seven redpolls. I thought the second bird from the left looked interesting but next moment they were all gone - and I didn't get a second chance as they didn't come back. I'm now exhausted. It's much less tiring going out for a walk!
// posted by Christine @ 10:25 AM 
