Thrushes - going and coming
May. 28th, 2012 04:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jaceyThe nest on the windowsill overlooking the yard is now abandoned and since there was no mangled Baby Beak on the concrete I presume he took off and flew like a champion. The neighbour who owns the windowsill has removed the nest already, probably to take it down to school because they are doing a project on birds. I gave her some of my photos and hope to get some of the ones she took from above the nest.
In the meantime the new pair of mistle thrushes have completed their nest on our bedroom windowsill and this lunchtime Ladybeak was sitting on it like a champion. It appears she's just practising because at 4 p.m. when I went up there she was away and the nest was empty.
We've got a grandstand view through the window though the glass is a bit mucky from the nest-buiding activity so there are a few spatters and blotches on the photos.
I took these on the zoom but I was literally about three feet away from her on the other side of the window glass. I moved in slowly and unlike yesterday when she spotted me and flew off, this time she sat tight. I'm going to keep popping upstairs to see if there's any change and see what difference different light conditions make. That window is in full sun for most of the day so there are reflections, but first thing in the morning it's in shade.
In the meantime the new pair of mistle thrushes have completed their nest on our bedroom windowsill and this lunchtime Ladybeak was sitting on it like a champion. It appears she's just practising because at 4 p.m. when I went up there she was away and the nest was empty.We've got a grandstand view through the window though the glass is a bit mucky from the nest-buiding activity so there are a few spatters and blotches on the photos.
I took these on the zoom but I was literally about three feet away from her on the other side of the window glass. I moved in slowly and unlike yesterday when she spotted me and flew off, this time she sat tight. I'm going to keep popping upstairs to see if there's any change and see what difference different light conditions make. That window is in full sun for most of the day so there are reflections, but first thing in the morning it's in shade.
