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sgt.colon

Joined: 27 Jul 2009
Posts: 7380
Location: Just south of north.

Posted: Mon Jun 06, 22 8:08 am Post subject:
That sounds really nice MR. Plenty of baby sparrows being fed by mum at dad at the feed station. It's also fun to watch the wood pigeons trying to work out how to get itself on to the feeder. It hasn't managed it yet.

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15600

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 22 7:07 am Post subject:
Wood pigeons aren't really acrobats. It took a while for the robin in the garden to work out how to get on to the nut feeder, but after a while it got the hang of it. Robins are probably a bit brighter than pigeons, except in pathfinding.

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8615
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 22 7:48 pm Post subject:
Yellow spots on the blackberry leaves..is that eggs or something I don't need?!

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15600

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 22 7:38 am Post subject:
I have one or two plants with yellow colouring on this year. Not sure why. Some of the blackberries are coming through yellow. Is that an Oregon blackberry as the leaves are not the same as the ordinary ones?

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8615
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 22 9:42 am Post subject:
It is.Oregon Thornless.I didn't have my specs on, so will take a magnifying glass and specs out there when the rain stops...there are some butterflies/moths that lay eggs on them....I hope it is that and not rust (this year's garlic is covered in rust ðŸ˜¥)

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 45516
Location: yes

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 22 10:12 am Post subject:
if it helps my very productive"wild"bramble has endemic orange rust spots or eggs?

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8615
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 22 4:00 pm Post subject:
I think it might be rustðŸ˜¥ The orange bits leave the red scars

Slim

Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Posts: 6540
Location: New England (In the US of A)

Posted: Fri Jun 10, 22 9:19 am Post subject:
That appears to be a rust to me. Would be a different species than the one on your garlic however.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 45516
Location: yes

Posted: Fri Jun 10, 22 9:57 am Post subject:
fungi are wildlife, some even walk some gardeners say, spray and or dig and burn, dpack says, see if it crops and take things from there as mentioned, my rust never sleeps and is no problem

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 45516
Location: yes

Posted: Sat Jun 11, 22 2:49 pm Post subject:
today i am enjoying the flock and cannot be bothered to snap them, young bracket is cute but nicer is that 3 species will bring the kids to eat next to me

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 45516
Location: yes

Posted: Sun Jun 12, 22 8:02 am Post subject:

that was an interesting start to the day

sudden kerfuffle in a closed chimney, ripped off tape, opened hatch, grabbed one jackdaw which had grabbed the other one.

having inhaled soot and retained one bird, i threw up while releasing it, got dog out of rooms, got second bird out after about ten mins

they both seemed relatively unharmed, not much of a bite on em compared to domestic fowl or parrots, i am recovering, the dog is hiding upstairs

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15600

Posted: Sun Jun 12, 22 8:02 am Post subject:
That's rather nice. I think we may have a robin nesting in another part of the front loader in the 'yard'. Didn't see the bluetits the other day, so they may have fledged. Thought we saw a red kite yesterday, but then it swooped down and we realised it was probably part of the birds of prey display at the show we were at.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 45516
Location: yes

Posted: Mon Jun 13, 22 4:10 pm Post subject:
after a few days of observation etc i now have some snaps. later

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 45516
Location: yes

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 22 3:05 am Post subject:
there are others, i did prep em, lost in the bowels of my drive somewhere i will find em

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 45516
Location: yes

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 22 3:13 am Post subject:
that's one of em

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