Nature’s stormcock on mistletoe duty
by Derek Niemann from Environment | The Guardian on (#VSE5)
Sandy Bedfordshire The mistle thrush is chasing invisible thieves, hurling out its rattling call of defiance to all other birds
A mistle thrush has proved to be our foul-weather friend over these last few storm battered weeks. High winds summon it to the treetops, a row of limes, where it guards the mistletoe against all comers.
Up there it is chasing invisible thieves among the rocking branches, hurling out its rattling call of defiance that might be heard over the roaring gales by all the other birds.
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