We have been offline for a couple of days and my goodness I am so far behind.....
A few photos of birds from our garden that I started getting ready last week!
House Sparrow, female – (Passer domesticus) Our most common bird in the garden here in France.
Eurasian Hoopoe feeding young in the garden – (Upupa epops) summer visitor here, last year we had two adults and three youngsters on our lawn at the same time. A very striking bird with a very distinctive oop-oop-oop call.
European Robin – (Erithacus rubecula). You put your right wing up and your left wing down, do the hokey Pokey and you turn around… Probably one of the best know robins due to its regular occurrence on Christmas cards. We only ever see them in our garden in winter, I have yet to discover where our visitor goes in summer!
European Greenfinch – (Carduelis chloris) A regular visitor in winter to our garden and sometimes a summer visitor as well. The female is somewhat drabber in colour with far less yellow on the wings and tail.
A close up of the above.
Hawfinch – (Coccothraustes coccothraustes). Quite a large finch with dominant colours and a very powerful bill. A one-time visitor last winter.
Common Blackbird getting ready for his date! - (Turdus merula). Looking around to see who may be watching...
Making sure he is spotlessly clean.
Checking and preening before looking for his mate. Generally, around in the garden all year but not in large numbers. A very rich singing voice when relaxed and not agitated.
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