Is it spring?

On February 27, larks and starlings flew into us, and at night I heard the cries of a large flock of geese flying by. Is it spring? Today and yesterday, unfortunately, it is very unpleasantly windy and cold, even snowflakes are circulating in the air. I have been repairing the old breeding hat for starlings and today we will hang on a tree. I hope this cold is short-lived. If you want to listen to the singing of the skylark and starling and in your surroundings there is no way to hear in nature, then the following are available

singing lark

singing a starling

the starlings already inhabited in my nesting box

On March 2 I posted a post about installing bird nesting boxes. I wondered if and what birds will settle them. According to the central construction, the box was designed for starlings. This spring spotted we have very early, because already 26 February. Already after two weeks the pair of starlings got acquainted with the new apartment and every morning from early morning it is singing their melodies. I watched the arrival of other starlings and the defense of the new home. It will be nice to observe when the breeding season begins. At about 20m the other 2 couples searched for cracks in an old building for nesting.

time for the nesting boxes

We already have the beginning of March and the snow there is not a trace. Already appeared in our skylarks and starlings (February 27 for the first time). Time to hang nesting boxes for birds. I made 4 pieces even in winter. One box hung himself still in mid-February. But it was quite difficult to do it right. This morning was a good sunny weather and two more were today suspended with the younger helpers. This time I was the only director and photographer. One booth is designed for the smallest tits, the other for bigger tits, and the third for starlings. I wonder what the birds inhabit them.

birds around us - starling

The common starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

After a lark turn on starlings. It was starlings often arrive sooner than larks, when the morning there are still a lot of frost and even snow. It reminds of my childhood the old willow with numerous hollow tree right in front of our house. It was on it perched dozens of starlings, whistling all the time. It was only when he heats up a little males take the fight for a place on a nest in a hollow tree or a house for starlings. Very varied trills starlings tend to be especially during mating season. Later, the birds have a lot of work when feeding young in search of earthworms and insects running around the earth. Once this period has passed, it seems that starlings are disappearing, and they move on a meadow in huge herds, and of losing their wonderful so far nuptial plumage color. I do not know if you noticed that somewhere in the second half of September and even in October they arrive at their breeding ground and sing here even for a few days to say goodbye and fly south. Shooting starling is not difficult, but take a good photograph is not easy.