My garden resonates with the sound of birds all the time….even when it’s dark outside! I love that.
I’ve moved house recently and this garden is surrounded by trees so maybe that’s why the birdsong is so striking.
Blue tits, blackbirds, robins and various small brown birds that might be sparrows are the source of most of the songs and although they all seem “ordinary” because they are so common I still delight to hear and see them.
In my previous garden over the last seven years I saw the occasional infrequent visitor and this photo is one of them…a pheasant. Look at his colours! Isn’t he spectacular! Maybe pheasants aren’t that uncommon in the grand scheme of things but in all those years I saw one in my garden only once.
It feels like a double gift to get to see, close up, a rare bird visitor, when I’m already enjoying the ones who live here pretty much all the time.
What birds around you bring you the greatest joy? Which do you like to listen to, and which do you like to see? Are there any birds you’ve seen only once near where you live?
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A golden eagle! Very rare in our wee bit of Argyll, mostly just buzzards. But very occasionally we get an eagle flying down Seil Sound past our living room window. Quite a few pheasants, but they bite off the heads of our daffodils, so a bit of a mixed blessing.
Oh that would be amazing to see! The golden eagle I mean, not the pheasant biting the heads off the daffies!!
I too have only seen a pair of pheasant here once. My favorite are our bluebirds, Baltimore orioles and hummingbirds as they return. But truly I love them all.
We’ve had hummingbird moths in the garden but not hummingbirds
I think they are my favorite. They come such s long way to nest.