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Amateur Photographer magazine has some articles on bird photography this week. One interesting tip, which I can concur with, is that bird feeding stations are largely ignored by the smaller birds in the summer when insects are plentiful. This may explain why the main visitors to my new feeding station are pigeons!
I think they are it bit more of a lazy lot where I live, if it`s sunny they will not be seen but any sign of rain and they zoom in for the easy take-away meal. saves getting to wet me thinks...
Amateur Photographer magazine has some articles on bird photography this week. One interesting tip, which I can concur with, is that bird feeding stations are largely ignored by the smaller birds in the summer when insects are plentiful. This may explain why the main visitors to my new feeding station are pigeons!
Ian
There are certainly fewer visitors to our feeders in Summer but we also have plenty smaller birds coming and going (Buetits,Great tits, sparrows,Nuthatch various Finches - all of them parent birds as well as some of this year's youngsters)
Then we get Robins, Blackbirds, Thrush, Dunnocks etc ground feeding as well as coming onto the trays.
I actually chase off feral pigeons with a wooden football rattle as they're a greedy nuisance - but I like the Woodpigeons so I leave them alone as they don't take much from the trays they like the Bird Cherry tree so they feed from that.
We even have a 'tame' Blackbird that comes to the back door 'asking' for a few Sultanas. It also comes to the garage roof to 'greet' us when we arrive back home in the camper or car.
They get to know you over time so just persevere with differet types of food and different positions around the garden for individual feeders.
Doesn't seem to apply in Brittany Ian! These two were taken in about 10 minutes this morning, but with difficulty because of a very strong wind that even shakes the feeder. Obviously, when the jay arrives all the others leave!
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