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Picture is from the beginning of February, but i have not been posting here in a while, so i might as well catch up with some snaps from my balcony ☺️
I believe she wanted to catch finches or tits on my balcony, it was on the same day the baby pigeons from the upstairs balcony started flying and visiting. I was a bit worried for them.
The pigeon couple kept on breeding up there, their latest babies will probably start flying again this or next weekend. Madlads.
Is that the sparrowhawk turning its back on watering and feeding trays specifically protected against its attacks by that framework?
When i first saw it, it was sitting on top of the feeder. I saw a tit bump against my balcony door from the corner of my eye a couple minutes earlier and wondered why that had happened. Then i realized the sparrowhawk was there. It was then observing the feeder for probably three hours from a tree. The photo was taken after its second failed attempt, so yeah, i guess you're right, haha.
I did not see it in the following days, but the lil birds kinda stayed away from the feeder too for a while. Also have not seen the baby pigeons after their first flights, maybe it got lucky there.
Bonus
BTW, did my reply from my wren post reach you the other day? I posted it from pixelfed but it did not show up here. I deleted the pixelfed account now, but would be interesting to know if it maybe reached you as a dm or something.
Was that against "Wrens are so restless, aren’t they :) Part of their charm." - I don't think I saw any reply to that.
Yes, exactly. Thanks.
I was just saying that it really was the first time that i observed a wren when it showed up in my flower pot 😆 It disappeared for 5 seconds in the depths of the pot, then it appeared and for half a second at some random spot, haha. So it was kinda tricky to take a snap of it.
That's what I'd expect of any of the small insect-eating birds! Worth it when the snap works, though!