Last year I told the story of Spotty, the ringed Common Fiscal that has regularly visited our garden since at least 2016. I gave him this moniker because of the distinctive faint black spot on his front. Over the past year, Spotty became less wary of me and often perched on a nearby branch while I was enjoying tea outside. While he appears in many photographs of the birds in my garden, these ones were taken in January. In this one he is perched above a feeding tray I had wedged into the fork of a tree in an effort to create a safer place (from the neighbouring cats) for the birds to come to.
He has perched comfortably on the edge of the feeding tray to nibble at a piece of sausage.
It didn’t taste too bad.
Once back on the branch, he eyed me silently before flying off. You can clearly see his eponymous dark spot.
Now that I am back from my brief sojourn away, I am hoping to see more of him.
Something Over Tea 
How wonderful
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It is wonderful being able to recognise a particular individual bird in the garden 🙂
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Indeed
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lovely little chap!
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He is a delight to watch 🙂
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Hope you see a lot more of him!
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Me too 🙂
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Super Observation und gute Fotos.
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Danke, Werner.
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I see he’s been banded and is apparently being tracked.
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It is this band that helped me to recognise him in the beginning – until I began to recognise him by the pattern of spots on his wings and tummy 🙂
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At six years, he is doing well. May he continue to prosper!
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Of course I have no idea how old he was before I began to take an interest in him. I have seen a record of 12 years for a ringed Common Fiscal.
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It was very clever of him to grow that spot so you could identify him! How lovely that he is so tame.
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I am often surprised at the subtle differences between birds and animals that at first seem to ‘be the same’. Zebras, for example, are very different from each other and I have gradually learned to identify three individual Common Fiscals over the years by observing them closely.
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So nice that he came to your garden again!
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I am hoping to see more of him now that I have some time to spend in our garden once more 🙂
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Hope so too!
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How great to know the same bird has been visiting since 2016, and so helpful that he has identifying features. Long may he continue to visit,
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Being able to identify him so easily has encouraged me to observe other regular bird visitors more closely too. I have identified a particular Cape Robin-chat but find weavers, for example, impossible to separate into individuals.
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I also appreciate it when an individual has some idiosyncrasy that marks it out, but it doesn’t happen often.
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He is a sweet little bird. I hope we get to see more of him too.
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He will doubtless be featured again some time 🙂
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It is always good to have a friend!
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It adds a layer of interest to watching birds in our garden.
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He is a great looking little bird.
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I think he is very handsome 🙂 🙂
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What a QT! Wonderful captures of him.
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Thank you very much, Cindy.
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I think I remember you feeding him treats while enjoying your tea outside in a post from last year. I had a female cardinal that I gave a small cup of safflower seeds to daily – she waited for me to come home from work and saw me walk up the sidewalk and flew to the ground. Never her mate, just her – there was a cardinal’s nest in the barberry bushes for years.
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This is a satisfying experience.
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Yes interacting with the birds is satisfying. I have more luck with songbirds than hummingbirds. This will be my third year with this venture – one hummingbird, two feeders does not mean great success.
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