Tits exposed
Imagine you have just sat down for lunch with your young family when suddenly the jaws of a T-Rex come smashing through the window trying to chomp off the baby's head.
Looking out on the garden just now I saw a Great Spotted Woodpecker swoop in to view. It's not every day I see a Great Spotted Woodpecker so it caused a fleeting frisson of excitement when I registered the red markings on the back of its head and underbelly.
The euphoria lasted no more than a second or two before I saw the woodpecker settle on a small bird box where, moments before, I had been watching the urgent comings and goings of a pair of Blue Tits rearing their young inside.
The woodpecker (note paragraph 11 here) stuck its beak straight in to the hole. It's amazing the carnage you can witness in your garden at this time of the year, and it all happens so fast. I rapped on the window and the woodpecker flew off. But it's sure to be back. The horror. The horror.
Looking out on the garden just now I saw a Great Spotted Woodpecker swoop in to view. It's not every day I see a Great Spotted Woodpecker so it caused a fleeting frisson of excitement when I registered the red markings on the back of its head and underbelly.
The euphoria lasted no more than a second or two before I saw the woodpecker settle on a small bird box where, moments before, I had been watching the urgent comings and goings of a pair of Blue Tits rearing their young inside.
The woodpecker (note paragraph 11 here) stuck its beak straight in to the hole. It's amazing the carnage you can witness in your garden at this time of the year, and it all happens so fast. I rapped on the window and the woodpecker flew off. But it's sure to be back. The horror. The horror.
Labels: bird box, Blue Tits, Great Spotted Woodpecker, horror, T-Rex, underbelly
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