Dec 22-27 2010 - Josephine lives!
Not too much birding on the UK trip this Christmas Recent and still standing snow meant lots of birds in Dad's garden and a chance to get reacquainted with the locals such as Jay, great-spotted woodpecker and the like.
Mid-afternoon a THUD on the patio window and a squeal from the girls found a female blackbird suffering the consequences of a collision with the glass. Fortunately just stunned, the bird, quickly festively named Josephine by Robyn, recovered after several minutes
While she was recovering however a fox came down to investigate the bird food but fortunately stayed the other side of the pond. 
Walking through Chichester town centre on Christmas Morning and absent it usual background noise the noise from the crows and pigeons echoed round the empty streets. In "Chi-gate" a couple of large Euro-Herring Gulls prowled the car park looking for scraps and an occasional black-headed screamed overhead. A few Great Cormorant flew around the canal area where Santa and the reindeer were on their usual barge. 
Mid-afternoon a THUD on the patio window and a squeal from the girls found a female blackbird suffering the consequences of a collision with the glass. Fortunately just stunned, the bird, quickly festively named Josephine by Robyn, recovered after several minutes
While she was recovering however a fox came down to investigate the bird food but fortunately stayed the other side of the pond. 
Walking through Chichester town centre on Christmas Morning and absent it usual background noise the noise from the crows and pigeons echoed round the empty streets. In "Chi-gate" a couple of large Euro-Herring Gulls prowled the car park looking for scraps and an occasional black-headed screamed overhead. A few Great Cormorant flew around the canal area where Santa and the reindeer were on their usual barge. 
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