Baby birds, all the young birds in my Garden this year

[@annaeshelman3066]

I throughly enjoyed this video Paul. Thanks for sharing❤️🙋🏻‍♀️

[@paultsworld]

I'm so pleased Anna and thank you for letting me know.

[@cufican3547]

Absolutely addorable paul! How lovely to just sit there n witness all the birds having a conversation n totally enjoying themselves! Pure treat for the eyes 🦅

[@paultsworld]

Thank you Cufi Can - I am so happy you have enjoyed the birds in my garden.

[@vivienarnold7950]

Hmmm, everyone round to Paul T’s for a feast. That was a very entertaining video. Thank you.

[@paultsworld]

Thanks Vivian - everyone is welcome - plenty of food!

[@stefb4310]

The birds come to the garden every single day because they love what you have created and being well for them , thanks for your kindness to the birds. Thanks for creating this video, I love your videos.

[@paultsworld]

So nice Stef, thank you for your lovely comment and I am so pleased you enjoy my videos.

[@wendybartlett6717]

Hi Mr.T. I so enjoyed this video especially the little Jay who raised his crest and looked like a little punk rocker. So cute when the baby birds open their mouth waiting for the parent to pop some food in. You are teaching me to identify the species as I'm not good at that. Thank you.

[@paultsworld]

Hi Wendy, so pleased you enjoyed the video and am delighted you are finding it useful to identify the birds - in the future I'll be doing a video on every single species that has visited the garden - it's amazing how many visited over the course of a year.

[@shawnxu4149]

Such a peaceful and delightful video. The birds sound quite happy as well. Thank you so much for sharing.

[@paultsworld]

I am so pleased you enjoyed watching my video.

[@janicebrowningaquino792]

Thank you for this delightful visit. Just watching the birds in your garden is calming. I’ve had a week of roofers in my condo complex, banging and pneumatic nailing-this helped tremendously!!

[@paultsworld]

I'm pleased you enjoyed my video Janice - at least you'll have a nice new roof in a week or two.

[@robynknits]

Wonderful to see all of your birds

[@paultsworld]

So nice - thanks Robyn.

[@rbr2023]

Loved watching this on a cold, grey February morning.......heaven! ☺️

[@paultsworld]

Thanks, glad you liked the video.

[@itisonlyme1]

Loved this! I am also learning a lot about the birds I am feeding, thank you so much!!

[@paultsworld]

I'm so pleased you enjoyed the video and feeding your birds - it's great when you start to get to know them.

[@dawndawn6946]

Such a lovely way to wake and have some coffee! Thank you!💗

[@paultsworld]

Thank you Dawn - I'm pleased you enjoyed the birds and coffee.

[@nappynatty10]

Outstanding video!!!! I really enjoyed it with my morning tea.

[@paultsworld]

That's so nice thank you.

[@jgwood10]

Hello Paul, watching the birds in the morning is so enjoyable. I especially love watching the cardinal family. The mates usually eat together. Your garden has a larger amount of birds. My birds have to deal with squirrels and red tailed hawks. The morning chirping is so beautiful. Thank you.

[@paultsworld]

Hello Jane, I do like your cardinals - beautiful crest and deep red. We also get sparrow hawks pass by every now and then - all the birds then disappear for a few hours until the coast is clear. Thank you for your comment.

[@peterwhite9261]

The Cristmas Wren is a big thing back in Newfoundlad. There is a lovely poem of it which I am sure you are familiar with. Mostly get crows, wood packers Jay's and finches. I haven't fed them yet as the night time rats pass trough. Oh I also have my daily squirrels. We have had visits from a baby skunk we tried to rescue but he went away on his own. Poor thing may have more than likely a recent orphan. Raccoons like to visit on and off as well. A couple of neighbouring cats pop in on and off. Our cat is a house cat. I can leave the patio door open and he will look out and watch but he knows how much comfort he has inside. Him and his 4 year old boxer rescue from Texus are inseparable.. cats name is Kacey. Dogs name is Karla. Karla can be a very medically therapeutic dog. I am going to look into that. She loves watching the rats and is protective over all life.

[@paultsworld]

There is certainly a lot happening at your place. Raccoons and skunks are so 'exotic' to us Brits! Wrens are very common in Britain but we don't actually see them often as they are usually in the undergrowth hunting spiders.

[@maureen6710]

Lovely video Paul! Thanks to your videos I've become alot more aware of the birds in my garden and what an important part birdsong has in my enjoyment of my garden, something i took for granted before. As a result, Ive bought a bird bath ( haven't seen any birds taking a bath yet) and regularly hang fat balls up for the birds 😊

[@paultsworld]

How nice you are enjoying the birds in your garden even more now - it might take a while for them to realise there's a bird bath just for them - but once they do they will use it often. So pleased you enjoyed my video Maureen.

[@barbmaki3023]

Thank you for all the episodes to watch my cat an I will enjoy

[@paultsworld]

So glad you enjoyed the videos!

[@miekowu5139]

Such a lovely video. I have learned so much about English birds from watching your videos. I look forward to seeing your garden and all it’s inhabitants in 2021.

[@paultsworld]

So pleased you have enjoyed our garden birds Meiko.

[@adrianacasco1385]

I love the birds you show it’s beautiful 🤩

[@paultsworld]

So pleased you like the garden birds Adriana - I love to sit quietly in the garden and watch them.

[@MissMellyVee]

What a delightful video, the birds are so sweet and watching them enjoy their lovely treats is pleasurable. But the birdsong is stunning....the bird at 12.57 sounds very similar to ones that visit my yard in summer....beautiful video Paul 🌸🐧🐦🐤

[@paultsworld]

Thank you Mel such a lovely comment. At 12.57 is one of the male blackbirds doing his whistle routine - I love that song. 🌸

[@corneliustitiu8739]

Very nice video.Thank you Paul.

[@paultsworld]

Thanks Cornelius!

[@paultsworld]

Have you had many species of baby birds in your garden this year?

[@quantumjunkie55.6]

We had some very colorful Tanagers this year. One was determined to come into the house! But the chicks were born and come to the watering dish every day. We live in the mountains near Lake Tahoe, Nevada so our environment is quite different than yours! A few years ago we had a mountain blue jay make her nest right by our dining room window - watched the whole crowd being born during dinner time!

[@paultsworld]

jf horton thats a lovely story and isn’t it nice when the brood is successful.

[@TrinaMCay]

Paul T's World i wake up every morning with the birds chirping close my windows... for real! I love the sound of it! 😊❤️... Plus the sights of different colors of butterflies and dragonflies is so rewarding coz they coming in my mini forest! Thank Paul for your videos

[@paultsworld]

Wow Marie, you have some great wildlife. I love the sound of birds singing.

[@vickiperkins476]

So very interesting, thanks so much for sharing. I love all your videos ❤️

[@paultsworld]

Glad you like them Vicki - great confidence booster for me.

[@marpayne1375]

Lovely video! 🌸

[@paultsworld]

Thank you!

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Hi Paul lovely collection of Birds TFS hope all is well with you , hope you’re having a nice Sunday Cheers 👍🍷🍺

[@paultsworld]

Hi Norman, thank you - all the best to you too.

[@jabopy9966]

Great footage Paul, we have most of these birds. The starlings take over and frighten the other birds away. Also wood pigeons by the dozen(we call them Lancaster bombers) 😏

[@paultsworld]

Ha, those wood pigeon are quite a size! The starlings that created all the commotion when their chicks fledged are all just about gone now - I do miss them (I think 😆) but I'm sure they'll be back next May.

[@SMElder-od5cl]

So peaceful! Thank you!

[@paultsworld]

Thank you. 😊

[@RoseMary-vs3io]

This was lovely👌

[@paultsworld]

Thank you Rose Mary - so pleased you enjoyed the birds in my garden.

[@nadineweiler7747]

Have a bird house on end of my porch and every year get house sparrow chicks twice which is just delightful to hear them chirping and the parents flying back and forth frequently...they ignore me sitting on my porch. Also had baby doves but I believe they nest in very large evergreen trees at front of my garden which are like 60 ft. Tall. Lately the birds who I believe are flying South for winter use my garden and bird feeders as a “weigh station”. Have seen around 40 birds who swore down and feed Emma’s under the feeders:) and the humming birds have also departed our south eastern Pennsylvania region.

[@paultsworld]

That is so nice having the chirping near your porch and always interesting seeing which migrating birds are going to pass by your place for a quick feed - ours will arrive soon. I envy your hummingbirds Nadine - we don't have any in Europe. I wonder how far south they fly.

[@nadineweiler7747]

Paul - Hummingbirds thrive in the America’s and many of us hang h. Feeders with sugar water....if one gets their feeders up very early in Spring as they arrive from Back from mostly South America they will frequent ur feeder all summer ......until very early September when they had back South! Gorgeous birds of brilliant colors.... PBS has a great program under Nature category called “Super Hummingbirds”. I just went and you can google it to view it. it’s a marvelous documentary....absolutely amazing videography:) Or at least that it my opinion.

[@nadineweiler7747]

I thought u might like to watch the PBS documentary.

[@paultsworld]

They are the cutest bird and love to see them when I come over your way. Thank you for letting me know about the hummingbird documentary.

[@paultsworld]

Absolutely Nadine - I'm going to check it out - thanks.

[@khayescobar1819]

Another nice video love the birds so relaxing thank you very much for sharing GB

[@paultsworld]

Glad you liked the video Khay.

[@lidiapacheco6836]

Thank yo so much for this beautiful video , such lovely birds!❤️

[@paultsworld]

I am so pleased you enjoyed the birds in my garden - thank you for letting me know Lidia.

[@laura2842]

lovely, really enjoyed this. So I found the fat balls treated with cayenne to deter squirrels, however,, I will have to spray more on them because the squirrel was munching on it!!!!! Oh well, I moved it to an area where they can't reach!!! Cheers

[@paultsworld]

Well done Lola - so pleased you liked my garden birds - hope your birds are enjoying the fat balls - trying to outwit the squirrels is not easy!

[@laura2842]

@@paultsworld Indeed I will watch the rascal today and see if he figured out how to get on the feeder lol Merry Christmas Paul Cheers

[@paultsworld]

Ha, ha - don't be too disappointed if he finds a way and you have to change things again - I have done that dozens of times. Have a nice Christmas Lola. 🎄

[@helenwilliamson7099]

Great video, lovely watching the birds, iv enjoyed watching them in the garden this year, iv also seen in my garden for the first time 2 bullfinches and they were beautiful birds 😊👍

[@paultsworld]

That's great you've had bullfinches - aren't they spectacular Helen? I have a pair that come and they love the sunflower hearts - which is great as it keeps them away from my fruit trees 😃

[@martateixeiraportaldelsol6958]

Hola Sr. Paul !! Como le va ? Gracias por compartir el vídeo excelente !! Su trabajo es impecable , gracias por todo 🙏❤🐦🐦🌿⭐🌞🌷 Saludos Sr. Paul ⭐🌿🐦🌷🌞🌳🌱🐦

[@paultsworld]

Hola Sra. Marta, gracias por sus palabras y estoy contento que el video le gusto. 🌷 Saludos, Paul

[@patrickdessureault2518]

Wonderful video! May I ask what kind of fat ball (compositions) are the most popular in your garden? Thanks! Patrick from Québec, Canada!

[@paultsworld]

Hi Patrick, the fat balls they prefer are a bit softer than normal ones and have bits of seed and insect mixed in the suet. I buy them from Brinvale so don't know exactly how they're made. Greetings back to you in Québec.

[@debradanforth3267]

This was fun =) I only watch 1/2 though because there were so many ads that it wasn't relaxing, but it was fun to see the birds in the first half.

[@paultsworld]

Hi Debra - glad you enjoyed the video. I know what you mean about the ads

[@paultsworld]

I've checked things out and done something about it - thank you for alerting me.

[@debradanforth3267]

@@paultsworld Oh thats great! I really love watching your videos because they are so relaxing. I feel like Im sitting right there. =)

[@pertelote4526]

@@paultsworld I do not have any ads at all, probably thanks to my YT setting.

[@paultsworld]

That's so nice Debra, thank you for telling me.

[@peterwhite9261]

Please refresh my memory. How do you make the fat balls. I want to do it but I feel the squirrels and rats would go crazy for it.

[@peterwhite9261]

Absolutely awesome. You are a very lucky man. Just love the commentary. I find my myself thinking the same commentary and you say it and it gives mr a grestvlsugh. Paul thanks so much for lifting us all up in this horrible pandemic!

[@paultsworld]

I actually buy the fat balls now but I used to melt suet into half a coconut shell and mix in seeds and bits of mealworms. In North America suet is sold as 'suet cakes'.

[@paultsworld]

I'm pleased you liked the commentary Peter, I do like to see the fledglings exploring their new environment and working out what they should be doing.

[@dip_emb_mexuk]

Hi Paul, I'm watching your video with my cuppa. How relaxing and pure joy. We've had young house sparrows at the moment. I recently set a new birdbath in my herb garden and I noticed the other day that they've found it. I'm so please to see the little ones having a little wash before sunset :) As for starlings, I'm so amazed at how fast they can empty our bird tables! As soon as I turn my back, the mealworms are gone!

[@paultsworld]

Nothing like a nice cuppa tea is there Nittima? I was so pleased I had young sparrows - I think they nested in the beech hedge, they sure didn't nest in the special communal sparrow box I put on the side of the house - the blue tits nested there! Bird bath is the way to go - sometimes they queue up, I suppose it's because they know the importance of preening to keep their feathers in top condition.

[@dip_emb_mexuk]

Paul T's World definitely Paul. A nice cup of tea can fix everything! These young sparrows are our regulars now. They normally enjoy jumping and hopping around a rose shrub and then a bath. I don't know where they nested. Suddenly they just appeared in our garden. In April, we had a blackbird nest inside a thick hedge. I didn't realise there was one until I got too close to the hedge and the mother started scolding. Look forward to your next video Paul and happy gardening!

[@paultsworld]

Great that you've got sparrows Nittima - they are not so common now. Sorry you were told off by the blackbird 😂. They know they're the boss!

[@MrTravis]

Hi Paul...so enjoyed your video. Do you make your own fat balls? would you share your recipe?

[@paultsworld]

Thank you - glad you enjoyed the video. I used to make my own but now I buy them from a specialist bird food provider called Brinvale.

[@LynsHomeGardenDesign]

They certainly love the fat balls ... but I have never heard of them before. Is it just fat from meat? It's so nice to see a garden where the birds don't have to be afraid of cats!

[@paultsworld]

Hi Lyn, it's suet - suet is the raw, hard fat of beef or mutton found around the loins and kidneys. These fat balls have bits of insect and seed added. I use to buy fat and melt it and add in bits of peanuts etc - bit of a messy job so now I buy them in from a specialist bird food retailer.

[@pertelote4526]

@@paultsworld I take a block(packet) of unsalted lard and mix it with seeds and nuts; it is quite soft in room temperature, there is no need to melt it. I fill up a half of a coconut shell with the mixture; it must be cold outside for this type of bird food not to go off, of course. I also use raw lard on its own. Tits and woodpeckers love it in winter.

[@paultsworld]

@@pertelote4526 That's much handier not to have to melt it - it used to stink my house out!

[@barbmaki3023]

Hi, this vedio is azaming thank you so much. I just discovered you on Utube I live in the states, U.S. Can you never make a video of what plants draw. The BUTTERFLIES & hummers & I live in Mount Vernon Indiana. More by ketucky. Any ideas are welcome.

[@paultsworld]

Thank you Barb, I am pleased you enjoyed my video. If you have a look at my garden tours it will give you ideas on what plants to grow. You are so lucky to have hummingbirds - we don't have them in Europe. In another comment you asked about books to read. As you are on the Kentucky/Indiana border perhaps you could find a book at your local library on 'Birds of Indiana' or 'Native plants of Indiana' or 'Gardening in Indiana'. This would give you great ideas on the plants that grow well in your area and to learn and recognise your local birds. As the Ohio River passes close by, there will be an extra variety of birds for you to discover.

[@pertelote4526]

Here, in central Europe, we are discouraged from feeding birds all year round, especially before the first snow which used to fall in November, sometimes even in late October. We do not want migrating birds to stay because of the misleading abundance of food as they might not survive a few months of sub-zero temperature and heavy snowfall; in fact, we want them to go to the UK at least :-) If I see a robin in my garden in November, I am rather concerned about its chances of survival until the following spring. However, because of the climate change the weather pattern has altered so much that last year there was only a little bit of snow in February and it was rather warm by our standards throughout the winter (I live in a city, the situation in the mountains was more as nature intended). I started feeding in December and stopped in mid March. What are "the feeding trends" in the UK?

[@paultsworld]

That's interesting that you are concerned if you see a robin still around in November because of your cold Winters. Here in England we have a temperate climate, partly because we are surrounded by water but mainly because of the warming Gulf Stream which comes straight from the Caribbean to our West coast - I wouldn't expect even the first frost where I live until mid December - Our average low in each of December, January and February is 3C (average high is 8C) in each of those months. However I can think of one bird which now often doesn't bother flying all the way to Africa each Winter and stays in England (and often in my garden) and that is the blackcap. I had a male and female this last Winter. It's mostly climate change but maybe also food put out for them. The trend in England is to feed year round now - insect life is noticeably less now than when I was a boy.

[@pertelote4526]

@@paultsworld Robins and starlings have begun to try to survive winter here, especially in the western part of the country. In the not so distant past they would all fly away without fail. January 2020 was one of the warmest in the last five decades, the average temperature was a little over 2C. In my lifetime temperature in winter has dropped, not once, to minus 20C or lower in the city (to minus 30 in the country) and there usually was (the past tense seems necessary here) a lot of snow for months. Sometimes we had so much snow that the street became inaccessible to vehicles. No robin, dunnock or starling would have survived in such conditions. I noticed the absence of insects in England during my last summer stay in Bath. My hostess had no nets installed in the windows which bothered me at first until I realised that hardly any insects were flying into my room. I have nets in all the windows as there are still a lot of insects of all kinds in my country, especially if one has a wildlife-friendly garden and lives next to a park like me. At present I have to tread and move carefully in the garden because there are numerous hornets feeding on the fallen apples which I cannot collect quickly enough.

[@pertelote4526]

"My" avian offspring this year: blue tits, great tits, sparrows (probably the whole brood was killed in the spring by a magpie), starlings and swifts. The juvenile visitors which I know of have been as follows: jays and magpies (unfortunately), blackbirds, great spotted woodpeckers, a tawny owl and probably some other species too. One day I saw a magpie kill an adult starling having a bath in the bird bath, I came to its rescue much too late. The nest of long tailed tits at my neighbour's has been looted by a jay. The magpie population seems to be growing steadily and, to make matters worse, I have recently noticed some crows which are going to decimate the songbirds, I am quite sure.

[@paultsworld]

It's fabulous that you have swifts nests, and what a treat to have tawny owls visit.

[@pertelote4526]

@@paultsworld The young swifts seem to have finally flown the nests, I haven't even noticed when. In the next two weeks probably all swifts will have already started their journey back from central Europe.

[@paultsworld]

Same here - they're are the first to start their migration