tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8538774386836120846.post4939903640868876753..comments2023-08-18T02:31:53.162-07:00Comments on The Breckland Birder: Croxton Heath, NorfolkThe Breckland Birderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00203400040384205222noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8538774386836120846.post-84803602306115906792014-02-15T05:02:04.729-08:002014-02-15T05:02:04.729-08:00Hi Tim
Thank you for your comments regarding the C...Hi Tim<br />Thank you for your comments regarding the Crossbills.<br />I was so engrossed in watching the Crossbills that I failed to notice a Woodlark in the same tree...what a photo that would have made as I have not got a shot of that species yet.<br />Your Crow and Pigeon interaction is very interesting behaviour....I think worthy of an email to the BTO....by the way masses of Crows yesterday as seen in the blog....5000+ birds departing their roost...impressive sight.<br />I like the idea of your bedroom as a hide...superb...no such opportunity for us...looking onto other houses...at least they act as a barrier to the very strong winds we have been having.<br />Well done with the Brambling...lovely Finch species.<br />I haven't been up to Holt fot the Parrot Crossbills actually as I usually stay on the patch. I tried for the 2 barred-Crossbill but did not connect with this beauty.<br />Tim, as usual, thanks for following the blog and will chat again soon.<br />Paul The Breckland Birderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00203400040384205222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8538774386836120846.post-51728980924908863862014-02-15T00:37:23.093-08:002014-02-15T00:37:23.093-08:00What wonderful Crossbill pix...
very nice capture!...What wonderful Crossbill pix...<br />very nice capture!!<br /><br />Something for you to watch out for...<br />unless you've seen it before.<br />We certainly had not...<br />crows clearing pigeons off a field!<br /><br />There were about 400 Wood Pigz on the ground in a 2013 maize field... <br />just the other side of the river from us... <br />in winter we can see the field... in summer, not.<br />Suddenly we heard the deep machine-gun "Cronk"ing of a couple of crows...<br />normally, this means they are harrassing one of the local buzzards...<br />no raptors around this time!<br />Then we both noticed the pigeons fly up, en-masse!<br />It was the crows attacking them...<br />they kept diving at them, forcing them back into the air...<br />wouldn't let them rest at all.<br />Joined by another couple, they managed to "herd" most of them up to the woods opposite...<br />leaving only a few that had decided that the trees on the riverbank would be a good place to sit this battle out....<br />they came back for those, too....<br />and harrassed them out of the trees.<br /><br />We've seen it again, twice, this week...<br />and it coincides with increased use of the feeders here by small jobbies...<br />in fact we've had our first Brambling of the year.<br />So, our conclusion was that they were protecting their feeding grounds as supplies became shorter.<br />Then, on Friday, the Aigronne went over the top...<br />and their feeding grounds became a pond for a few days...<br />still hasn't drained off!!<br />We watch all this from the bedroom windows!!<br />While it makes getting up slower, having a "raised hide" makes for wonderful watching.<br />My wife's 'scope is set up up there...<br />mine down here in the lounge...<br />and binos' litter the place.<br /><br />I don't suppose you've thought of dragging yourself off up to Holt Country Park to see the Parrot Crossbills, have you?Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.com