Birds do not spend all their lives searching for food. I have discovered this by observation - watching the collared doves and the blackbirds. This week, for example 'Mrs Beaky' the female blackbird was sunbathing on the rear patio. She flew down, settled herself and preened, spreading her wings open in the sun. It seemed to me to be a vulnerable position, but she was close to the hedge and seemed relaxed enough.
The collared doves like to stay together. They sit down on the concrete wall which is wide enough for them to perch, but of sufficient height for them to keep a beady eye open. When they preen they seem to be able to rotate their heads looking completely over their shoulders which is slightly disconcerting to the onlooker.
The bullfinch sings all evening high up in the birch trees, the blackbirds too sing as evening turns to dusk.
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