Wednesday 27 March 2013

The Fudgie Duck and the Fauvette à tête noire

Overcast, 4º, light to moderate NE, colder in the wind.

The Ferruginous Duck was showing again today so I decided to make a visit and although it showed only intermittently, it did come out of the reeds a few times but stayed distant. However it spent most of the time in the reed bed out of site or partially hidden.
A lot of other ducks and geese around also Water Rail, Curlew, Redshank, Common Snipe and a lot of Lapwing also noted.

We now have some info on the French ringed Blackcap that RB caught and ringed back on the 5th Jan this year.
Fauvette à tête noire
 
http://stuffthatricharddid.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/fauvette-tete-noire.html


Michael Pocock having 3 Blackcap visiting garden feeders (2, 1) and a male this morning had yellow pollen on its face and the assumption is that it has been feeding on the nectar of Mahonia flowers from a bush nearby.



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