A pair of chattering Northern Cardinals under my window before dawn here are the #FirstBirdIfMyDay. #birds
December 25, 2024 at 12:23 PM
A pair of chattering Northern Cardinals under my window before dawn here are the #FirstBirdIfMyDay. #birds
Graveyard robber, I mean robbin, darting between the stones on the hunt for breakfast...
#firstbirdifmyday
#firstbirdifmyday
May 27, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Graveyard robber, I mean robbin, darting between the stones on the hunt for breakfast...
#firstbirdifmyday
#firstbirdifmyday
Hope things are improving for you? Lots of corvids here too, calling early and I think crows and jackdaws in mass in the park working the turf. #FirstBirdifMyDay
September 25, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Hope things are improving for you? Lots of corvids here too, calling early and I think crows and jackdaws in mass in the park working the turf. #FirstBirdifMyDay
The only sky fades from blue black to blue. A blackbird close by alarms short and very loud and silence returns. #FirstBirdifMyDay
February 14, 2026 at 7:01 AM
The only sky fades from blue black to blue. A blackbird close by alarms short and very loud and silence returns. #FirstBirdifMyDay
#firstbirdifmyday The Wren announcing the start of the new day at precisely 0438 this morning
July 24, 2026 at 7:26 AM
#firstbirdifmyday The Wren announcing the start of the new day at precisely 0438 this morning
The crows once again. At one stage a whole frenzy of almost continuous crawing from several birds, at least one flying as the sound moved around #FirstBirdifMyDay
September 20, 2026 at 8:37 AM
The crows once again. At one stage a whole frenzy of almost continuous crawing from several birds, at least one flying as the sound moved around #FirstBirdifMyDay
A blue tit announcing the morning headline like an old newspaper seller, "evening standard, get your evening standard"
(Yes I know it's morning)
#firstbirdifmyday
(Yes I know it's morning)
#firstbirdifmyday
April 22, 2025 at 6:03 AM
A blue tit announcing the morning headline like an old newspaper seller, "evening standard, get your evening standard"
(Yes I know it's morning)
#firstbirdifmyday
(Yes I know it's morning)
#firstbirdifmyday
A pigeon pecking away on the grass in the back garden. Seen through the bedroom window. It had quite a time there.
#FirstBirdIfMyDay
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#FirstBirdIfMyDay
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May 7, 2025 at 6:29 AM
A pigeon pecking away on the grass in the back garden. Seen through the bedroom window. It had quite a time there.
#FirstBirdIfMyDay
😊
#FirstBirdIfMyDay
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Snowdrops begining here. The blackbird singing before dawn, once again. Later a little regret flushed from the abandoned mill goit up into the trees. #FirstBirdifMyDay
January 29, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Snowdrops begining here. The blackbird singing before dawn, once again. Later a little regret flushed from the abandoned mill goit up into the trees. #FirstBirdifMyDay
Lady magpie swooshing past me to land in the cut grass and rustle up some breakfast. #FirstBirdIfMyDay #WhatsYours
December 10, 2024 at 9:26 AM
Lady magpie swooshing past me to land in the cut grass and rustle up some breakfast. #FirstBirdIfMyDay #WhatsYours
I heard the currawongs call early this morning then one flew overhead, white tail feathers fanned out and a glimpse of yellow eye as it passed. #FirstBirdIfMyDay #WhatsYours
March 7, 2025 at 7:27 AM
I heard the currawongs call early this morning then one flew overhead, white tail feathers fanned out and a glimpse of yellow eye as it passed. #FirstBirdIfMyDay #WhatsYours
#FirstBirdIfMyDay a little trotty #Piedwagtail tottering across the grass in a strong breeze. 😍
July 2, 2026 at 12:46 PM
#FirstBirdIfMyDay a little trotty #Piedwagtail tottering across the grass in a strong breeze. 😍
Heard a magpie warbling then sighted it as I opened the front door and stepped outside. All felt right in my little world. #FirstBirdIfMyDay #WhatsYours
March 28, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Heard a magpie warbling then sighted it as I opened the front door and stepped outside. All felt right in my little world. #FirstBirdIfMyDay #WhatsYours
First bird of my day: a kookaburra taking off from the middle of the dirt road and heading straight for my windscreen. It veered up and over the roof much to my relief. #FirstBirdIfMyDay #WhatsYours
February 21, 2025 at 7:52 AM
First bird of my day: a kookaburra taking off from the middle of the dirt road and heading straight for my windscreen. It veered up and over the roof much to my relief. #FirstBirdIfMyDay #WhatsYours
Magpie perched on the end of a branch bouncing up and down like a seesaw in the wind.
#FirstBirdIfMyDay
#FirstBirdIfMyDay
November 24, 2024 at 9:29 AM
Magpie perched on the end of a branch bouncing up and down like a seesaw in the wind.
#FirstBirdIfMyDay
#FirstBirdIfMyDay
A line of magpies on a fence checking out our little band of walkers as we strode along Blind Creek track this morning. #FirstBirdIfMyDay #WhatsYours
March 27, 2026 at 11:33 AM
A line of magpies on a fence checking out our little band of walkers as we strode along Blind Creek track this morning. #FirstBirdIfMyDay #WhatsYours
My skies are empty, the swifts have left, abruptly, no stragglers this year and I am standing bereft, just a collared dove & a magpie to lift the morning. #FirstBirdIfMyDay
July 31, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My skies are empty, the swifts have left, abruptly, no stragglers this year and I am standing bereft, just a collared dove & a magpie to lift the morning. #FirstBirdIfMyDay
I was woken by a wood pigeon cooing unsteadily before 5am this morning. Considering it’s not light til nearly 8, he was obviously just getting back from the office Christmas party - probably led astray by a bunch of turtle doves and that bloody partridge I’ve heard so much about. #FirstBirdIfMyDay
December 12, 2025 at 9:19 AM
I was woken by a wood pigeon cooing unsteadily before 5am this morning. Considering it’s not light til nearly 8, he was obviously just getting back from the office Christmas party - probably led astray by a bunch of turtle doves and that bloody partridge I’ve heard so much about. #FirstBirdIfMyDay
I went to our local nature reserve this morning to walk off the excesses from yesterday. These are the first birds I saw:
One magpie lark
Two pink galahs
And a noisy miner in a gum tree 🍃🎶
All this is true. Happy Christmas #FirstBirdIfMyDay #WhatsYours
One magpie lark
Two pink galahs
And a noisy miner in a gum tree 🍃🎶
All this is true. Happy Christmas #FirstBirdIfMyDay #WhatsYours
December 26, 2024 at 9:18 AM
I went to our local nature reserve this morning to walk off the excesses from yesterday. These are the first birds I saw:
One magpie lark
Two pink galahs
And a noisy miner in a gum tree 🍃🎶
All this is true. Happy Christmas #FirstBirdIfMyDay #WhatsYours
One magpie lark
Two pink galahs
And a noisy miner in a gum tree 🍃🎶
All this is true. Happy Christmas #FirstBirdIfMyDay #WhatsYours
First bird I could hear was the little wren in the churchyard "giving it laldy" (Scottish term meaning giving all you've got) in the morning sunshine. The first bird I actually saw was a scattering of elder ducks, bobbing about in the distance on the basin...
#firstbirdifmyday
#firstbirdifmyday
July 17, 2025 at 7:24 AM
First bird I could hear was the little wren in the churchyard "giving it laldy" (Scottish term meaning giving all you've got) in the morning sunshine. The first bird I actually saw was a scattering of elder ducks, bobbing about in the distance on the basin...
#firstbirdifmyday
#firstbirdifmyday
Hot blustery north wind and fire bans. 1 parched magpie sipping from the nearly empty birdbath. I sneaked down and turned the sprinkler on low. Maggie had a proper bath then hopped on the sprinkler chair to enjoy the shower. #FirstBirdIfMyDay
February 13, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Hot blustery north wind and fire bans. 1 parched magpie sipping from the nearly empty birdbath. I sneaked down and turned the sprinkler on low. Maggie had a proper bath then hopped on the sprinkler chair to enjoy the shower. #FirstBirdIfMyDay
#breakfast and the #FirstBirdIfMyDay is a carrion crow taking a cheeky look in the car park rubbish bin.
January 24, 2026 at 8:33 AM
#breakfast and the #FirstBirdIfMyDay is a carrion crow taking a cheeky look in the car park rubbish bin.
A tie between the red wattlebird and the currawong. Wattlebird was poking around the salvia at the bottom of the back steps and the currawong was warily hopping up the steps for a few meaty scraps I’d tossed out. - here’s the wattlebird, closest I could get. #FirstBirdIfMyDay #WhatsYours
March 17, 2026 at 8:01 AM
A tie between the red wattlebird and the currawong. Wattlebird was poking around the salvia at the bottom of the back steps and the currawong was warily hopping up the steps for a few meaty scraps I’d tossed out. - here’s the wattlebird, closest I could get. #FirstBirdIfMyDay #WhatsYours
Still hot, no sightings till later as the sun lowered then a mixed flock of little brown birds were all over the garden, 2 magpies enjoying the water bowls, pairs of rosellas flashing thru the trees, cicadas buzzing and a dragonfly hovering in the dusky sky. #FirstBirdIfMyDay #WhatsYours
March 8, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Still hot, no sightings till later as the sun lowered then a mixed flock of little brown birds were all over the garden, 2 magpies enjoying the water bowls, pairs of rosellas flashing thru the trees, cicadas buzzing and a dragonfly hovering in the dusky sky. #FirstBirdIfMyDay #WhatsYours
Two speedy young rosellas shooting diagonally across the back gardens in tandem, like fighter pilots dipping and weaving through the trees. Acrobatics on the wing and on a mission I suspect. #FirstBirdIfMyDay
December 31, 2024 at 1:58 PM
Two speedy young rosellas shooting diagonally across the back gardens in tandem, like fighter pilots dipping and weaving through the trees. Acrobatics on the wing and on a mission I suspect. #FirstBirdIfMyDay