Colourful Backyard Visitor

Brightly Plumed Thrush

The snow of the last few days has seen more than the usual activity at the feeders I have in our backyard. During the days the ground was snow covered there were at the very least 200 birds taking turns at the two feeders outside our kitchen window.

While the Thrush above is not a brand new visitor, there were no less than four of them visiting over the past few days. Watching bird behaviour at the feeders sheds new light on the old expression 'pecking order' as clearly some birds were never taught that it was nice to share.

Now that the green has returned the number of visitors has returned pretty much to normal however two Thrush were still stopping by yesterday. They certainly make a bright addition to an otherwise cloudy day.