Garden Birds

[Old Cruser]

Well the birds are now using the bird bath - where can I buy bird shower gel from?

Bought a nyjer feeder and seed today so set hubby on putting up another bracket, fingers crossed I get some results with it. 

[Old Cruser]

       I'm gutted, having just found a small Starling dead in the umbrella feeder we have on the bird feeder. The lid had dropped down trapping the bird inside  =--- needless to say the umbrella feeder has gone into the dustbin and I have replaced it with a different kind.
We bought it from Wilco's and thought it a good idea at the time to stopp the large pidgeons and doves scoffing all the food.   

[Fly]

So sorry to hear that. Hope your not, 'too upset'

Could it be a design fault, should Wilko's be informed ?

[Old Cruser]

@ Fly still thinking about it now  poor thing must have been terrified and this heat too to be pinned in that - hubby says it's because the screw which held the umbrella up was 'metal on plastic'????

[chesterfieldchris]

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[Old Cruser]

@ C/Chris --- it's gone in the bin! Couldn't get it out of my mind last night, they put their trust in us and then this happens. I will most certainly speak with Wilco's about it, for now though they have still got the ground feeder and other hanging ones.

[Big Dave]

I once returned home and heard a rattling sound. It took me ages to figure where it came from, a vase on a landing window sill. Inside the vase, unable to get out because of the narrowing of the neck, was a starling. There were no windows open so it must have fallen down a chimney, perched on the vase thinking it could fly out through the landing window, slipped and fallen inside. I took the vase outside, shock it and the bewildered bird flew off.

The words 'bird brain' came to mind...

[Fly]

11.30pm Saturday night.
Our_Lass finds a young fledgling on the back yard.
Not really sure what to do, we brought it in the house and made it comfy in a cardboard box. Food, water etc.
7.30am Sunday.
Got up and it's still in the box chirping it's head off.
She's took it back outside and put it under the conifer that the robin's are nesting in.
Within minutes, the robins are bobbing around and feeding it  We thought it was a spuggy chick  !
8.00am. It's still sat under the conifer with 'ANOTHER' fledgling that's just appeared this last 10/15 mins 

Read this webpage this morning from the RSPB's website.
http://www.rspb.org.uk/advice/helpingbirds/health/babybirds.aspx
I didn't like it's chances last night, so hope we did the right thing.

Plus it's got me out of mowing the lawn today 

[Old Cruser]

@ Fly I would have done just the same as you!

[Fly]

Both the chicks disapeared up the garden into the shrubs 
Mr and Mrs Robin are still feeding them now 5.25pm
I checked the nest, there was a dead chick in the botton. No more than a few days old 
I've removed it. The robins might come back at a later date and have more 

[Old Cruser]

@ Fly --- what do the baby Robins look like??? We have two Robins feeding but no idea what their young will look like - do they have a red breast at that stage?

[Fly]

A little darker than this chappy. No I didn't take this picture 
And no, they don't have a red breast 


Here's the conifer. The nest was right by the fence.


Here's the now empty nest.

[Old Cruser]

Ohhh thanks for the photo's Fly I will look out for them now i know what they look like.

[Old Cruser]

We have called into Wilco's today and spoken our concerns about the bird feeder which trapped and killed the young bird, he's taken our number and will give us some feed back from it.

[Fly]

Good on ya OC 
I'd have had to say something aswell.
Still seeing robins round the garden, not sure if the chicks are flying yet