Judy's Wildlife Garden
Young Bullfinches Film - 2012
I managed to get a few pieces of film of the 2 young Bullfinches and their mum this afternoon. So for those of you who have never seen these delightful youngsters I hope this will give you some idea of their call and perhaps increase your chances of hearing and seeing them. I usually set my films to music but I've left the original soundtrack on this one so I hope you can pick up the sound of the youngsters. It's very similiar to the adult (who cannot be heard on this) but a higher pitch and shorter intervals between calls...especially when the excitement of a feed is imminent!
As usual I apologise for my shakey hands free filming and also for the fact that several of the clips in this are very short, but I thought they were worth inclusion. At one point about half way through you will see me panning down to the mother bird on the feeder below one of the perched youngsters. I have attempted to protect the small birds that frequent this feeder by surrounding it with what is actually decorated flowerbed bordering, not foolproof for the Sparrowhawks but at least the inexperienced baby birds at this time of year get a fighting chance if it dives into the garden. I think the youngsters are a male and a female as one (the male) is a lot darker than the other : )
Young Bullfinches Film - 2012
I managed to get a few pieces of film of the 2 young Bullfinches and their mum this afternoon. So for those of you who have never seen these delightful youngsters I hope this will give you some idea of their call and perhaps increase your chances of hearing and seeing them. I usually set my films to music but I've left the original soundtrack on this one so I hope you can pick up the sound of the youngsters. It's very similiar to the adult (who cannot be heard on this) but a higher pitch and shorter intervals between calls...especially when the excitement of a feed is imminent!
As usual I apologise for my shakey hands free filming and also for the fact that several of the clips in this are very short, but I thought they were worth inclusion. At one point about half way through you will see me panning down to the mother bird on the feeder below one of the perched youngsters. I have attempted to protect the small birds that frequent this feeder by surrounding it with what is actually decorated flowerbed bordering, not foolproof for the Sparrowhawks but at least the inexperienced baby birds at this time of year get a fighting chance if it dives into the garden. I think the youngsters are a male and a female as one (the male) is a lot darker than the other : )