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dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46404
Location: yes

Posted: Fri Mar 07, 25 1:32 pm Post subject:

i have a pair of small brown jobbers, he sings, he dances, they both have insect eating beaks and speckled waistcoats

umm the singing and dancing is ace, a mirror adds to the fun

as far as i can tell he recons he can dance in two places(ballet school) and she likes a performance with presentation

the bluetits can get through or over the anti cat mesh, daws/pigeys fine and sparrows are all ok, maybe 10 in the very local "young pioneer" sparrow colony

there are a few wrens

grin has passed by and may have been on the bathroom windowsill a while back

the makeover has not destroyed most of the "old"wildlife, most of the useful weeds are doing fine

the sammisons are doing well, the improved mouse castle is rather nice,
they do more digging than the cornish or viet cong
they have plenty of food to store and a robust 3D house
hopefully the little sammisons will be plentiful and able to colonize many more mouse castles as the hoard spreads

apart from the frozen couple of weeks leopard slugs have been active, other invertebrates are available

assorted "food plants" not for me ones are starting to act as though is is almost spring

etc, perhaps the theme is did we have winter?

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 16143

Posted: Sat Mar 08, 25 9:11 am Post subject:

Wonder if your lbjs are young robins. They have speckled breasts to start with, but don't think they mate at that stage, and it sounds as if they are thinking of setting up home.

Glad the rest of the wildlife is doing well, and that the Sammisons like their new accomodation.

Had a couple of long tailed tits round the bedroom window yesterday. They usually just pass through in the garden, but pretty sure they nest in the woods. Had a couple of robins exploring possible nest sites in our 'yard' the other day too. Need to get weldmesh over the holes in the charcoal kiln doors as the bluetits like them for nesting and we had one out of commission for quite a while last year until the young fledged.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46404
Location: yes

Posted: Sat Mar 08, 25 11:31 am Post subject:
the lbjs are not young robins i might be a bit shabby at lbj id but dik is not, and he would not tolerate intruders

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8992
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Sat Mar 08, 25 4:41 pm Post subject:
All the LBJ's here are getting territorial and Twitterpated I hope that someone nests in the des Res we put up in the between sheds lean-to...but they'll probably prefer an old watering can like last year

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 16143

Posted: Sun Mar 09, 25 8:45 am Post subject:
Be interested to find out what they are Dpack. Lbjs can be rather hard to identify. Love the word twitterpated Gz. Robins and wrens do seem to pick odd places. Bluetits can be quite funny in their choices too. We have had them nest in the charcoal kiln, the log stand, the top of a post ram and a fore end loader. We had a wren nesting under the mudguard of one of the kilns one year too.

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