Blue Tit, other end of my balcony, Reading, UK Canon R6 + RF200-800mm lens (at 800mm). Still learning the lens, so managed not to notice had been knocked to F22

  • Devi@kbin.social
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    10 months ago

    Do you do much gardening? I think we tame robins with that. I have a little guy in my garden that as soon as I have a trowel in my hand he’s like “Are we finding worms? Let me help! I’ll find the worms!”. He gets within touching distance.

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      10 months ago

      I do but we didn’t get many birds until just recently. Hopefully next year we’ll see more of them. Right now they pop up around the feeders scavenging for leftovers. The tits don’t like them much so they’re rather shy.

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        10 months ago

        If you feed seed you won’t get many robins, they’re insectovores so you need mealworms or even crickets. You’ll sometimes get them with suet in the winter too.

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          10 months ago

          I guess they popped up around the time I started putting up suet! I only recently started feeding mealworms. Best thing I got was a wild ferret but the other birds seem to love them! A couple of chaffinches seem to have become regulars. I saw a robin or two pop up but they don’t seem to like my yard too much.