Pied Wagtail?

[Sweetleaf]

I was amazed to observe a bird this afternoon that actually used traffic lights to get from one side of a dual carriageway to the other, flying low to the ground, It stopped at each of two sets of lights and flew across when the traffic stopped! It most resembled this bird but the one I saw was quite skinny, perhaps a juvenile? Since then I have been seeing them all over the place, although I have never seen them here before.

www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/p/piedwagtail/index.asp

[debbiem]

There are quite a lot of them here, they're lovely little birds aren't they? I love watching them bobbing their tails up and down. When we moved here we inherited a resident one who used to strut around the courtyard outside our kitchen door, but we have cats and he/she's gone off to pastures new - who can blame him?

[Sweetleaf]

I was very pleased to see it, it makes a change from the Magpies which seem to be proliferating out of control, around here, they outnumber the pigeons :

[Sleepy]

debbiem said:

There are quite a lot of them here, they're lovely little birds aren't they? I love watching them bobbing their tails up and down. When we moved here we inherited a resident one who used to strut around the courtyard outside our kitchen door, but we have cats and he/she's gone off to pastures new - who can blame him?

Where I work at dusk the shrubs are full of wagtails at dusk - many thousands of them. And they are grind their beaks. It's a wonderful sight as the bushes are alive with birds flying in and out - heads popping up and back again..

[Sweetleaf]

admin said:

debbiem said:

There are quite a lot of them here, they're lovely little birds aren't they? I love watching them bobbing their tails up and down. When we moved here we inherited a resident one who used to strut around the courtyard outside our kitchen door, but we have cats and he/she's gone off to pastures new - who can blame him?

Where I work at dusk the shrubs are full of wagtails at dusk - many thousands of them. And they are grind their beaks. It's a wonderful sight as the bushes are alive with birds flying in and out - heads popping up and back again..

Sounds lovely I have a lot of interest in the birds I see on my walks these days, was I blind before then? I have a small collection of books now, and its fun identifying them as "I" discover them

[emseypop]

sweetleaf2 said:

admin said:

Where I work at dusk the shrubs are full of wagtails at dusk - many thousands of them. And they are grind their beaks. It's a wonderful sight as the bushes are alive with birds flying in and out - heads popping up and back again..

Sounds lovely I have a lot of interest in the birds I see on my walks these days, was I blind before then? I have a small collection of books now, and its fun identifying them as "I" discover them

There are a few of them round here Sweetie, they seem to hang around the sports field opp my house, with the Sea gulls, they are nice, one tease Louis all the way to the shops, yesterday, flying a few feet in front of him low, then stopping and taking off agin when he got too close.

[Sweetleaf]

emseypop said:

sweetleaf2 said:

Sounds lovely I have a lot of interest in the birds I see on my walks these days, was I blind before then? I have a small collection of books now, and its fun identifying them as "I" discover them

There are a few of them round here Sweetie, they seem to hang around the sports field opp my house, with the Sea gulls, they are nice, one tease Louis all the way to the shops, yesterday, flying a few feet in front of him low, then stopping and taking off agin when he got too close.

They are pretty little things arent they? Somehow the way they move reminds me of Charlie Chaplin..... dunno why! ;D

[Sleepy]

sweetleaf2 said:

emseypop said:

There are a few of them round here Sweetie, they seem to hang around the sports field opp my house, with the Sea gulls, they are nice, one tease Louis all the way to the shops, yesterday, flying a few feet in front of him low, then stopping and taking off agin when he got too close.

They are pretty little things arent they? Somehow the way they move reminds me of Charlie Chaplin..... dunno why! ;D

I think it may be the little walking sticks that they all carry under their wings.

[Sweetleaf]

admin said:

sweetleaf2 said:

They are pretty little things arent they? Somehow the way they move reminds me of Charlie Chaplin..... dunno why! ;D

I think it may be the little walking sticks that they all carry under their wings.

That has to be it..thanks Sleepy. ;D