Maggie and her daughter, May were parading in front of the kitchen window the minute I went over to fill the kettle. They watch me intently through the glass and get as close as possible to the edge of the stone retaining wall. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
First bird of my day: a blackbird stuffing her bill with old strips of honeysuckle for a nest (dormice also use honeysuckle stems). #firstbirdofmyday #WhatsYours
A little raven aarking into the wind from the top of next door’s chimney cowl and a wattlebird close by in the lillypilly, side hopping from branch to branch. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
First bird of my day: a wheezing, churring, greenfinch in my garden which I am thrilled about as I stand gazing. #firstbirdofmyday #Whatsyours
A large flock of cockatoos flew from a gum tree on one side of the road to the gum on the other side of the road, a distance of about 5 metres. Not sure why they bothered! #FirstBirdOdfMyDay #WhatsYours
First bird of my day: a jackdaw smooshing catkins into its bill and then flying into its beautiful nest in someone’s stone cottage. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
First bird of my day: a red kite mewing over an empty farm yard in the crisp spring morning. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
Back home and the long, soft grey tail tipped with white of the wattle bird was my first sighting. I didn’t see the whole bird but the flight path from the viburnum to the camellia, diagonally across the front garden was the usual one. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
First bird of my day: song thrush side-eyeing me as he sang his berserk tune happily in a greening horse chestnut tree. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
Worth a follow @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social and join #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours. A gentle mindful exercise to start your days with
The oystercatchers are back on the neighbours roof! I love their stark colours against the pale blue morning sky #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours have a good day!
Kookaburras sitting on the many gum trees surrounding my tent (glamping😁) and waking me up before the magpies got started, however the first birds seen were 4 pink galahs foraging in the wet grass on the way in to the festival. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #Whatsyours
First bird of my day: a heron, stood hunched on the river bank. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
I’m away camping for the weekend, out in the bush and was woken by magpies and other birds I didn’t recognise, chorusing at dawn, waking the trees and ignoring the cold and the rain. Auspicious start to a weekend of music. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
First bird of my day: a wren flying close to the ground *almost* under the wheels of a car in front. Phew. #firstbirdofmyday #whatsyours
Rejoin EU. Ban US military from Scotland. Ban Trump from entering Scotland. Embargo Israel. Engage in peace-keeping but *not* wars. Boost immigration. Just a few of the things I'd like Scotland to do once we regain our independence. #WhatsYours #Scotland #SNP1SGP2
First bird of my day: a swallow! A swallow! A swallow!!!! Dedicated to my husband on our 11th wedding anniversary. #firstbirdofmyday #whatsyours
First bird of my day: five sparrows fighting on the side of the road as I Iingered pretending to cross so the cars slowed down. Last year many were hit, oblivious in their feathered rages. #firstbirdofmyday #whatsyours
#FirstBirdOfMyDay: White-throated sparrow beak-digging in the dirt. I hope they found something good!
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A cacophony of currawong song. A small gang whirling around the front garden, loving the cold windy day and feasting on the viburnum berries. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
First bird of my day: a Dunnock giving a wren a run for his money as the loudest bird around. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
The young crimson rosellas were back this morning, foraging in amongst the pale pink wind flowers. A very beautiful picture from where I was sitting. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
First bird of my day: a pair of extremely smart stock doves feeding in a ploughed field. #firstbirdofmyday #whatsyours
3 young crimson rosellas grazing on the lawn in the mizzly morning. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
wearing the sunshine of their spring plumage. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
I woke up before the sun and could already hear magpies carolling in the dark. Put my leg of lamb in a very low oven for family lunch and back to bed. My magpies turned up after lunch but my son’s dog beat them to the scraps. They weren’t amused. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
First bird of my day: the see-saw call of a Great tit on the blackthorn blossom is my #Easter #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
Pigeon beauty is highly underrated I think. Maggie and family were all in attendance at the kitchen window as we had breakfast and warbling away till they got a few scraps. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
First bird of my day: half a pigeon, so close to the window, that is all I could see so I stood very quietly so as not to disturb it and stared at it’s beautiful metallic, petrol-stain coloured neck. #firstbirdofmyday #whatsyours
A pied butcherbird perched on the telegraph wire. A backtrack of currawongs and magpies calling out from the gum trees. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
