Saturday, 6 June 2026

In the garden of the butcher bird


We arrived at our apartment in Bohinjska Bistrica two days ago, and almost the first bird I saw from the balcony in the garden was a red-backed shrike. It was on a fence in full sunlight, about 10m away, a stunning bird! Unfortunately, I've not seen it so close since, but it does still patrol the perimeter of the garden, and today I watched it hunting insects and chasing small birds to add to its larder. 


Other birds present over the past couple of days, singing male redstart and black redstart, plus a singing serin. Then tonight, just as we were about to go out for our evening meal, a hobby shot into the garden and started chasing sparrows. Breathtaking!



With views like this, who needs to leave the apartment?



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