A very rainy start to today, but I suspect that was not the only reason why there were so few birds in our back garden. Spring is seriously under way, and the trees are leafing up in a more together and concerted fashion than I remember for quite a few years. The first of our blossom trees is now in bloom, and the birds are beginning to get serious about breeding. So no bands of finches, and even the squirrels seem a bit half hearted about raiding our feeders.
But wait - suddenly there are loads of goldfinches, plus a few siskins and a greenfinch or two in our front garden! So they are still around. Goldfinches are very argumentative, entertaining spats occurring all the time. Suddenly they all scatter, and a couple of house sparrows wonder across from the bob that gathers on the other side of the road. Through all of this, chiffchaffs and great tits are trading insults somewhere in the tall trees.
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