Female checking the new appartment.
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus), 18.05.2013
Also see this video of our cat: Rags birdwatching
Olympus E-400 Digital Camera.
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Female housesparrow checking the houses in our front garden.
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Danish: Gråspurv, 26.03.2023
Olympus OMD EM5 Digital Camera
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Just a few months after Rags moved in he killed our resident robin - an act he did not win much praise for. Luckily our cats are not really into hunting, so only the occasional weak and stupid pay the ultimate prize - maybe one or two times a year...
European robin (Erithacus rubecula), Danish: rødhals or rødkælk
Dushara Tatters and Rags (Somali cat), 25.02.2012
Olympus E-400 Digital Camera
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It's bitterly cold now and the birds are served a homemade mix of bacon fat and sunflower seeds.
Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) & House Sparrow male (Passer domesticus), 04.01.2016.
Olympus E-400 Digital Camera.
Tags: birds fat feeding food tit Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus blåmejse House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) gråspurv garden animal bird outdoor
In Danish a hedge is often referred to as a "living fence". That decription is quite accurate, when the sparrows come around. :)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus), 26.02.2014
Also see this video of our cat: Rags birdwatching
Olympus E-400 Digital Camera.
Tags: birds waiting sparrow House sparrow Passer domesticus gråspurv garden