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Collared dove has found my garden too...
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For the Birds

The weather here in Maynooth was very mild until a couple of weeks ago and with the arrival of inclement conditions I started out out the bird feeders in my garden. I can see the level of the seed from my kitchen window so know when they need filling up. I had one out for a couple of days before the arrival of Storm Claudia with associated torrential rain, but when it passed I was surprised to see the feeders were still half full so I left them.

Last weekend it started to become very cold so I was surprised there were no birds at the feeder. When I went out to look I realized that owing the heavy rainfall some water had got into the seed container, with the result that some of the seeds had started to germinate. This formed a tangled mass of shoots that blocked the gap through which seed is dispensed. The reason the feeders were not empty was not that the birds weren’t hungry, but that no seed was coming out.

I took the feeders inside and cleaned out all the matted seedlings. Then I took them back to the shed to fill up, at which point I knocked over the jar in which I stored the birdseed, scattering the supply all over the floor. There wasn’t much left anyway, but my clumsiness reduced the stock to zero so I was unable to feed the birds despite having functioning feeders.

Yesterday I finally had time to buy some more birdseed. I filled up the feeders as soon as I got home. It was quite interesting to watch the sequence of events. The first to arrive were sparrows who, being small and agile, were quite happy taking terms perching at the feeders. Not long after, however, starlings arrived, squabbling and squawking as they usually do. Starlings are much larger then sparrows and are extremely messy and noisy eaters, their attempts to perch at a feeder causing it to swing and scatter seed all over the ground.

(Incidentally, the term for a large group of starlings is a murmuration, a congregation, a cloud, or a constellation, but there are alternatives for a smaller group like the dozen or so that arrived in my garden. These include a clutter, a scourge, a vulgarity and, my favourite, a filth…)

Some starlings and sparrows started to feed on the ground, as did a very bonny collared dove, walking around calmly amid the flurry of other birds and paying them no attention at all .

At this point the feeder was almost empty.

The last cohort to arrive were the rooks and jackdaws. These are too big to even attempt to perch so their modus operandi is to crash into the feeders to try to break them or knock them down to the ground where they are easier to attack. They didn’t succeed, so they left.

Now the feeders are empty, the birds have gone, and all is quiet. I think I’ll put more food out tomorrow before I go to work. I imagine they’ll be empty by the time I get back home.

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Tourterelle turque
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Don't forget me! Almost as soon as the wood pigeon had finished having his photo taken, a collared dove took his turn! 😁 Taken yesterday on my phone at my friend's place #WoodPigeon #CollaredDove #Kent #England #birdsoftheworld #birds

A common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) perched atop a wooden fence trellis, with a conifer trunk and foliage behind.

An Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto) standing in the exact same spot a couple of minutes later 🙂

Love.

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Love is in the air...

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Türkentauben turteln - was passt, weil Türkentauben zur Gattung der Turteltauben gehören...

Popped in to make the cakes and have a cuppa. Now a collared dove is sunning itself, and I don't want to go back outside to disturb it. #Wildlife #Birds #Garden #CollaredDove

A collared dove resting on top of two pieces of stone. The stones are on top of a garden table that is obscured by foliage from a hazel hedge and various other plants.

like clumsy angels

Take the collared dove
Elaine Ewart

#Poetry #ElaineEwart #AtriumPoetry #CollaredDove

https://atriumpoetry.com/2025/03/14/take-the-collared-dove-elaine-ewart/

Snack Time
(Collared Dove)

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Collared Dove

Refueling before takeoff… 😀

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Lovely Couple
(Collared Doves)

I woke up, opened the shutters of the French window to go out for a walk in the garden... and there, I see my guests waiting on the drying rack for me to serve them their breakfast...

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