Birds in your garden

[norfolkandchance]

Spotted in my friends garden. Any ideas.. Not a good image.

[KhunLA]

1 hour ago, norfolkandchance said:

Spotted in my friends garden. Any ideas.. Not a good image.

Indochinese Roller ... https://ebird.org/species/indrol3

 

[norfolkandchance]

5 hours ago, KhunLA said:

Indochinese Roller ... https://ebird.org/species/indrol3

 

Thanks for that mate.

[Bredbury Blue]

Any fruit we don't want we put out for the birds. Papaya, bananas, watermelon, etc. This bird found the source of the unpicked Papaya...the initial hole in the papaya made by one of our garden's resident squirrels.

 

 

[Bredbury Blue]

Never seen in my garden before the last 3 days, and we've lived in this house for +20 years, is a pair of, I assume pied starlings (?).

 

Had the grass cut short and they go around the lawn digging.

 

Very nervy birds so these are the best pictures I could get, hiding in the kitchen.

 

 

[JetsetBkk]

On 5/21/2025 at 12:58 PM, norfolkandchance said:

Spotted in my friends garden. Any ideas.. Not a good image.

 

[JetsetBkk]

Indian Roller, according to Google! 

[JetsetBkk]

4 hours ago, Bredbury Blue said:

Never seen in my garden before the last 3 days, and we've lived in this house for +20 years, is a pair of, I assume pied starlings (?).

 

Had the grass cut short and they go around the lawn digging.

 

Very nervy birds so these are the best pictures I could get, hiding in the kitchen.

 

 

Pied wagtail at the back of my house, videoed through a dirty screen. 

[KhunLA]

21 hours ago, JetsetBkk said:

Pied wagtail at the back of my house, videoed through a dirty screen. 

Actually that's a Eastern Yellow Wagtail.  

 

I don't know why they give them different names, just call it a Wagtail.

[JetsetBkk]

On 6/15/2025 at 6:11 PM, KhunLA said:

Actually that's a Eastern Yellow Wagtail.  

 

I don't know why they give them different names, just call it a Wagtail.

Yes, I couldn't decide whether it was a grey wagtail or a yellow wagtail. 

It didn't seem yellow enough to be the latter. I don't know why I called it "pied"! 

[JetsetBkk]

Looking through my old videos... 

[JetsetBkk]

Oriental Magpie-Robin. 

 

[Bredbury Blue]

I don’t know if it’s the same pair of birds who’ve had multiple nests of eggs/chicks around my garden, including in my cycling helmet that was hanging from my bike’s handlebars, but they don’t seem very adept at hiding their nests from view. This nest is right next to wear we park our car. No eggs yet. Over the years I’ve yet to see any chicks fledge - something usually comes along and eats them – so maybe this time.

 

 

[Bredbury Blue]

...there are now 2 eggs.