Well, I have been decorating my kitchen these past few days, so obviously been gazing out of the window into the garden , and I am noticing all kinds of lovely birds I have never,ever noticed before only know a pigeon. I have seen a woodpecker (looked it up), some tits on my blackberry bushes (looked it up), but there are a pair of birds I cannot find anywhere on any of the sites.
I will try and describe them.
Bigger than a robin/tit/etc...but smaller than a pigeon, maybe the same size as the woodpecker/magpie.
Brown body
Longtail (I think maybe white and a bit of black in the tail)
Bright colour bits on wings
Has a call with 2 sounds, not a song, more like a crow sound.
They are so beautiful, and seem to visit every day
Any ideas?
Oh and one more thing.
I have foxes in my garden, and yesterday evening, I heard squawking from over the fence next door, and the bloody fox balanced on the garden fence bending over. I banged the window, and it scarpered, and the noise stopped.
Do foxes kill birds?
Thankyou for your help.
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crazynanna · 14/01/2013 21:37
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