Look - no hands, mama!

[tim]

I know that it's not a Chaffinch, but why is it that Chaffinchs make like a Hummingbird - pecking a fat cake while airborne - when they know that they are perfectly capable of landing on it?

[tim]

[Paulines7]

Good picture Tim.    ;D ;D ;D

[eileen]

Absolutely wonderful shot there Tim!!!!  ;D

[Debs]

I saw starlings doing that to a bird feeder today and was quite

impressed!

[lorna]

Lovely picture again Tim. I saw starling swinging on teaspoon I forgot to remove from fat ball ;D

[GREENWIZARD]

fab pic t ;D

[pakaba]

another great picture Tim, thanks  :)

[CotswoldLass]

Lovely picture Tim......

CLx (but can't offer an explanation..perhaps they just like to get in a flap?!)

[Juliet]

I don't think that the birds have read the books about their supposed characteristics ... my chaffinches, unlike yours, are almost entirely ground feeders (had 7 today, hopping about, all on the ground - think that's a record!).  My robin, however, does the hummingbird act & persistently refuses to feed on the ground.  My blackbirds wrap themselves around the seed feeder and feed hanging in the prunus - also not on the ground.

The starlings feed anywhere - hanging upside down from the fatball, swinging on the seed feeder, on the lawn, on the patio - you name it, they'll eat there  ::)