Funny how these 2 are always together. They seem to love sundflower hearts big time! Always make me smile to see them try and land direct on the table.
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Sorry the picture is not great, taken with a 10X zoom.
Jerry
Jerry they are gorgeous! I wish I had coloured doves only. I get the ringed pigeons from next door they gobble up all the seed I leave out !
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Gerry what a lovely picture i have 2 pigeons visit my bird table everyday, to my horror on sunday when i was perparing the sunday veg i look out the window down to the end of my garden and could not believe what i was seeing on the table a big fat rat chopping away on the bird seed the rat must have been very hungry as he nearly eat IT all was not going in the garden to scare it away is i don't like rats have had squirrels and allsorts but never a rat well there is a first time for allsorts
;DOh for goodness sake..I thought at least one thread would be immune from rodents....... ;DWe've got a pair on our bird table and they will chase off any intruders but only their own kind, they give the other birds a bit of space. I've seen the robin join them. :)
I always have a pair of collared doves at my bird table and they nick all the seed the greedy things. They have nibbled the perches off the feeder and enlarged the feeding holes :) I lost one last year. My sister found one injured on the drive and I took it to the vet but it died on the way home despite it having no real injuries poor thing. We're lucky enough to have them breeding in our garden every year but you do tend to get divebombed a bit ;D Some people don't like them but I think they're real characters. My Jack Russell hates them and makes it his lifes work to chase them away. He barks to make them fly off and then chases them. It keeps him occupied :)
Yes they lovely alright ,Especially at 4 in morning on gutter going coo coo luckity coo..... or eating seedlings off lotty but they are part of the theme of things eh? cheers Jim
We also have quite a few collared doves visiting and they are greedy little critters.
Also get beautiful big wood ;)pigeons as well as many others.
Deb