Bill Oddie I ain't!

[scarey55]

Mildred'll be a blackbird then.

Either that or she's filthy!

You been known to hang out with dirty birds then Wayne

[moggssue]

Great photo Wayne - what'd you use? And yes, I KNOW it was a camera ....

[Two_Sheds]

Thanks, Geo, beautiful pictures. Now let's all confuddle Wayne by telling him a blackbird IS a thrush !
(and that 4 and 20 blackbirds baked in a pie were rooks not blackbirds)

[HeyWayne]

Great photo Wayne - what'd you use? And yes, I KNOW it was a camera ....

Just a straighforward Canon Ixus 500. 3x optical zoom, 5 mega pixel point and shoot.

Mildred's as bold as brass, she was about 3-4ft away and I had it on full zoom.

[HeyWayne]

Thanks, Geo, beautiful pictures. Now let's all confuddle Wayne by telling him a blackbird IS thrush !
(and that 4 and 20 blackbirds baked in a pie were rooks not blackbirds)

So I should be feeding Mildred yoghurt?

[moggssue]

She obviously trusts you then Wayne ...

Can you get worm flavoured yoghurt?

[Two_Sheds]

No ! Worm flavour yogurt would make you smell all funny ! It has to be plain !

[SueA]

She's very pretty Wayne & definitely a blackbird & even though female probably hasn't got thrush! You're obviuosly not that scary as she gets so close to you, go on dig up some worms for her!

[smallblueplanet]

Err, I confess we buy 'value' sultanas and feed them to the local blackbirds, especially in winter - we had a pair for the past 3&half years that we could identify by a white 'spot' on his breast, they went round together and raised young in our clematis....unfortunately they haven't been seen this winter.

So get a 50p pkt of sultanas/raisins and see how popular you become with Mildred HW.

[HeyWayne]

Oh, she sits and waits patiently by if I'm doing any digging. She sits there watching the ground, then if I stop she looks up at me as if to say "c'mon, get on with it man!"

I'll try the sultana trick sbp, ta.

[lainey lou]

Whosat? Mrs HW or Mildred?

[HeyWayne]

Whosat? Mrs HW or Mildred?

ROFL

LadyWayne's not that fond of sultanas, and she's been on the plot around three times in the last year, so doesn't see me dig very often.

[lainey lou]

You'll have to make do with the adoring Mildred then!

[nick the grief]

Song Thrush...




Female Black Bird...





Geo.

Nice shots Geo. we've got an old bird at work called mavis .... I think she had thrush once

[Shortie]

Nick, I didn't realise your place had those kind of conversations?

Wayne: I wish I was that good at photos... think I need lots of practice ready for the bubmle bee / butterfly / general insect season that's about to approach