A Month in the Country 14 - Two Little Birds Are Waiting For Tea

It's been a miserable, cold, very wet day here - and I've been 'confined to quarters' doing a necessary heap of office and online work that needed to be dealt with. But I'm never alone…Pip the cat dislikes this weather as much as I do, so he's been keeping me company, sat on the floor or up on the printer for most of the day - and whatever the weather, (though mostly between downpours) I do seem to have a constant stream of birds passing by my office window.

Many of them perch on the roof of the main part of the house, on which, today, I've seen all the fledgeling Blue Tits, as well as a cock Blackbird, a tiny little Wren, and even one of the young Greater Spotted Woodpeckers, picking at the bugs between the tiles. Now I am graced with the company of the two Collared Doves that are resident in the garden - and they are peering in through the window in a most expectant fashion. I've usually given the Pheasants their afternoon seed by now - the Doves then come down to 'clean up' behind them. But today - no seed yet, so they are making their presence known to me.

I'd suppose I'd better get on with it!

Journal prompt. What creatures inhabit your garden or keep you company in the house? Make a list of all those that visit…including those that you encourage by feeding, and those that are not quite so welcome! (The 'two page to a week' diaries that I mentioned in Month in the Country 9 are ideal for use as a wildlife journal in which to jot down species seen daily)

Comments

[Ardi Butler]

We have had all manner of wildlife since our property backs up to a wood. We have had raccoons, deer (one came within three feet of the house), one lone opossum and many birds and squirrels to our feeders. Inside the house Baxter (the beagle) and Abby (a tabby cat). They are both "privileged" and have us totally in their power. Do you ever read The Highland Journal blog? That's another wonderful diary-like blog with a lot of the natural world noted and sketched. Thank you for sharing your rainy day with us.

[Mad Englishwoman]

Our birds let us know when the feeders are empty as well. They even fly into the house sometimes. My mother-in-law had a blackbird who used to knock on her back door every afternoon for his raisins.