May the Twenty Third
Sparrow feeding offspring
Sparrows are by far the commonest visitors to my garden feeders. I have seen up to two dozen at a time swinging about in the bush at the gate and on the fatball containers. When I chuck seed onto the footpath the sparrow telegraph works exceptionally well and within a couple of minutes there are ten or twelve squabbling about.
May the Twenty Fourth
Starlings in a row
The second by number are starlings, a traditionally and actually quarrelsome and noisy breed who thankfully don't stay for long.
