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The young ones 2025

Post by scozmos » Mon May 26, 2025 6:16 am

For the past couple of years I've tried to photograph the young birds brought to our feeders. This year we headed down to S. Wales on a road trip early in May so I've been panicking in case I missed them!!!! :cry3:
We got back on Saturday and this popped in.
20250525 - Starling - First of the youngsters copy.jpg
https://flic.kr/p/2r73sej

I've since counted three! Preparing for the plague of Starlings now!
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Re: The young ones

Post by SnappyMac » Mon May 26, 2025 7:29 am

Very nice scozmos, we don't see many now. We managed to miss our blue tits fledging :(

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Re: The young ones

Post by Linda257 » Mon May 26, 2025 7:41 am

Still no young starling here, I love when the garden is like a starling nursery, cracking photo Scoz
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Re: The young ones

Post by Willpar » Mon May 26, 2025 8:18 am

Great one scozmos, have had a fair few here a couple of weeks ago, not so many now.

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Post by scozmos » Mon May 26, 2025 8:27 am

It is now 08:24, I'm sitting at the Mac by my window out onto the garden and feeder area, camera set up and ready. The screeching got louder so I stood up and six, yes six young Starlings were squabbling over the same piece of branch outside and one scrabbling to perch on the window itself!.
Our Starling flock has possibly numbered up to fifty so far, It's going to be interesting to see how many young we end up with and the flock size later in the year!

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Re: The young ones

Post by Linda257 » Mon May 26, 2025 8:34 am

Ear plugs at the ready 😆
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Re: The young ones

Post by scozmos » Mon May 26, 2025 8:57 am

Aye and so it begins!!!! Best get another order of food in!!! I really feel for those adults with three young!!!!!

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Re: The young ones

Post by scozmos » Mon May 26, 2025 9:02 am

And the first window crash ..... no fatalities

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Post by Linda257 » Mon May 26, 2025 9:07 am

Oh jeez!!! A beginning to think am no gonna get any as I have 7 or 8 pesky maggies frequently visiting!!! Grrrr
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Re: The young ones

Post by scozmos » Mon May 26, 2025 9:10 am

Any young Magpies? We're lucky, we don't get them at all (very often)

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