Pica Pica

[poliphilo]

We had 8 magpies at the feeder this morning. According to the old rhyme that's good for a wish.

There were woodpeckers around too- a green one and a spotted one.

Question: in a stand-off between a magpie and a woodpecker who blinks first?

Answer: The woodpecker.

Comments

[huskyteer.livejournal.com]

Saw the teeniest of juvenile bluetits in the tree outside my flat yesterday. They looked freshly minted.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Blue tits are so cute.

[porsupah.livejournal.com]

They're hardly rare, but all of the corvids are quite fascinating sorts. I don't seem to see all that many magpies hereabouts, but certainly a few, plus some crows; I suspect, if anything, they might tend to get put off by the quite substantial red kite population, although I have witnessed one or two altercations between crows and red kites.

I'm quite fond of woodpeckers. There was, indeed, a green this afternoon, but awkwardly located, s by the time I shifted position to try getting something of a shot, they'd decided they were best elsewhere.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Green woodpeckers are endearing. They bounce along the ground like kangaroos. They're considerably shyer than their spotted cousins. The spotted woodpeckers come to our feeder but the green ones don't.