Well hello there.......
Kim put together this diptych showing two unexpected birds that visited the garden feeders a couple of days ago.
Goldfinch are pretty much ever-present in the nearby trees. However, it is the first we have seen on a feeder during the winter of 23-24, presumably because we don't have their preferred seeds out.
The female Reed Bunting (left) was much more unexpected and a first we have seen visiting any of our feeders since moving here 11 years ago. Reed Buntings do migrate, with ringing recoveries from the near continent. Indeed, this bird is ringed, the number sadly unreadable in the photo taken through a window. i suspect the bird may have been a grounded migrant due to thick fog that lasted from dawn to dusk.
Well hello there.......
Kim put together this diptych showing two unexpected birds that visited the garden feeders a couple of days ago.
Goldfinch are pretty much ever-present in the nearby trees. However, it is the first we have seen on a feeder during the winter of 23-24, presumably because we don't have their preferred seeds out.
The female Reed Bunting (left) was much more unexpected and a first we have seen visiting any of our feeders since moving here 11 years ago. Reed Buntings do migrate, with ringing recoveries from the near continent. Indeed, this bird is ringed, the number sadly unreadable in the photo taken through a window. i suspect the bird may have been a grounded migrant due to thick fog that lasted from dawn to dusk.