All day yesterday we saw a little bird hopping around the flowers beds by the kitchen patio. It didn't fly off when I went out to look at it but it was too quick for me to take a photo. Then last night Paul heard something by the window as he was on the computer, he came out of his room and when he returned the little bird was perched on his monitor! Here it is on Paul's bed!Obviously it can fly a little if it managed to get into Paul's room but we think it might have flown the nest and got lost or been abandoned. We weren't quite sure what to do with it but it didn't look too stressed when Mark picked it up so we put it outside again. I was afraid it might die of stress if we kept it in but it might be eaten by the cats if we put it out. I left some seed out for it during the day which it wasn't interested in so we think it may be a flycatcher of some sort. At first we thought it might be a robin, but it's not. It has some reddish brown feathers in its tail. Does anyone recognise it? We put it outside as it was still raining and the cats wouldn't be around. We closed the window and it hopped over to look at us through the glass and flew off. I can't see it this morning, I hope it's still alive!
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What funny creatures birds. We had one land on the hood of our car while in transit, and hung on to the windshield wiper for the duration of the ride home. Continued to perch there until we attempted to put it in a box for safe healing. It flew off.
I think I am going to come back next as a bird.
felicity, I'm pretty sure that it's a"Gartenrotschwanz" (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) or -as you maybe call it, a "common redstart". When i was a child, we hab them in the garden near the housse and the young ones were always very tame. We fed them with special worms ("Mehlwürmer"). The important thing is not to touch the bird while feeding because then it will be abandoned by its parents.
...pardon my spelling, I didnt read it before sending it...
Yes - birds are funny! I just had to share that we have a "kamikaze bird" living in a bush nearby. If you walk by, he (?) will throw himself with abandon onto your head! Both I and DH have been "attacked" by this very protective bird - probably defending the nest?!
OH, that's the cutest, sweetest thing EVER!!! I hope it's still alive too.
Thanks all for the funny stories, birds are funny aren't they! Thanks Claudia for the info. I Googled it and yes I'm sure that's what it is.
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