2024

SP4774 : Starling at the bird feeder

taken 7 months ago, near to Bilton, Warwickshire, England

Starling at the bird feeder
Starling at the bird feeder
A starling eyes up the fruity suet pellets in the bird feeder - a food that these birds seem particularly fond of. In reality they are a bit too big to feed easily from the feeder and have to steady themselves with much flapping of wings but this does not put them off. Usually there are several here at once resulting in noisy squabbles. The padlock protects the food from the local squirrels who have found a way to open the top of the supposedly squirrel-proof feeder. Even so one enterprising squirrel worked out that by upending the feeder (requiring considerable agility and dexterity) it could shake the contents out to then be collected from the ground. This has led on occasion to a spat with a marauding magpie keen to get its own share of the spoils.

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Photographer
Stephen McKay   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 14 June, 2024   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 15 June, 2024
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SP 4778 7466 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:22.0748N 1:17.9811W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SP 4777 7465
View Direction
Northeast (about 45 degrees)
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