Sunday, July 1, 2007

Tehidy Woods: Don't peck the hand that feeds you.

The weather has been (as most will know) rather shocking as of late. Bugging has gone more or less out of the window and the only chance to do any birding fell on Thursday last week when we made a mini-trip out to Tehidy Woods.

Tehidy is basically a hybrid-mallard sanctuary, with an overabundance of tame birds to feed. Believe it or not, you can even feed blackbirds by hand; utilising a little patience that is. Larger birds, such as the Rooks and the Jackdaws tend to follow in the wake of breadcrumbs left when feeding the duckies. Dunnocks come in close, but have not yet managed to brave mankind & Jays will quickly make an appearance to pick off bread from the ground before heading back into the trees.

Below shows part of an arm owned by Tracee and an approaching Great Tit + a parked Robin Red Breast.

Luckily the day ended with a brief sighting (plus plenty of singing) from a Blackcap jumping around in a tree by the pond near to the entrance.

My next post will be all about the delightful world of digibinning... prepare for lots of out of focus dribble.

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