Wednesday 29 February 2012

Free as a Bird

A dozen Goldfinch were on the riverside today, not in the best position for good pics though.


As for the pigeons...


After some rest and preening, I left the door of the Aviary open this morning for the two young pigeons to leave. When one of the local feral pigeons came in and basically showed them the way out ! They flew out on top of my house, then joined a group across the way. They are both free.






































3 comments:

grovecanada said...

Success! You are such a beautiful person!

grovecanada said...

Was wondering, one of our Trumpeter swans showed up with a chip on the left side of his beak near the front...Is there anything we can do for him besides extra food? or what do you recommend?

jayteescot1 said...

Hi Sari, I expect your Trumpeter has been fighting with another Swan and sustained the chip injury ? Our Mute Swans often clash with their bills and get small chip injuries which do heal within weeks. All I can suggest is keep a close eye on it, if it appears to get worse or infected, then it might need Antibiotics.
How big a chip are you talking about ? Feed it well, if it's in good health it will be less likely to get sick.