Today we saw some different behaviour from one of them...
It landed on the post which supports the bird table and took advantage of a weak point in the bark...
and before we knew it the bark was shredded like paper...
Presumably it had found a food supply.
When it flew off the extent of the damage was revealed...
Strange, considering there is a ready supply of Niger Seeds for it to eat.....
Perhaps this one thinks it's a woodpecker!
2 comments:
I've no idea what it was after...
unless...
there were some insects trying to hibernate behind the bark!!
As you don't mention it flying off with any of the strippings....
I am discounting it insulating a roost...
or even having a fourth brood!!
Yes, this weather has confused the hell out of some of the boids...
Pauline saw a Sparrow carrying a faecal sac last week...
the poor chicks are unlikely to survive, tho...
shame.
Tim, I didn't notice it flying off with any strips of bark so, like you, I would discount insulating a roost... Must be after grubs!
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