I am not a birdwatcher. Really.

[venetia_sassy]

There was a male blackbird in the garden this morning! I've heard them plenty of times - they have a lovely song - but I'd never seen one in the garden before. He looked ridiculous. He didn't walk, he bounced. On both feet. Bounce, bounce, bounce, scratch, scratch, scratch in the mulch, bounce, bounce, bounce across the grass, tail flicking up to counterbalance. It was so funny to watch.

There was a young rosella too, still with his juvenile green back feathers which were just at a moment when they looked neat and crisp rather than unfinished. He flew off when the remains of the seed block fell of its wire hook. The older rosella looked exceedingly peeved and told the finches on the ground to bugger off, he wasn't sharing, then climbed down the 'Eiffel Tower' to the ground (watching a bird climb is always funny) where he spent more time chasing off the bronzewing pigeons than eating seed.

But I'm not a birdwatcher.

Comments

[turps]

Blackbirds really are lovely birds, but I agree, they do tend to bounce. We have one that comes every day to eat the seed we put out. He tends to sit on the fence and watch as I'm doing the washing up. Nosy bird that he is *g*

[venetia_sassy]

None of our birds are that brave! Mum and I keep saying that we should not have to feel guilty about walking out into our own backyard - the birds fly off in great alarm every time. (They do come back when we sit quietly on the back porch.)

[turlough]

Blackbirds have such a lovely song - even though it makes me a little melancholic. I hadn't really thought about the way they move, but you're right. They do look funny bouncing like that :-)

[venetia_sassy]

I expect the bouncing from finches and wrens but it quite startled me to see it from a bird that much larger!