Dotty

Dotty
 

Dotty first appeared in 2004, when she was obviously nesting and extremely hungry. She is one of the very few to have fed from my hand.

Her name is because she has spots on her wings, but also because she behaves in a rather dotty manner. One day she accidentally landed in our back garden and, in her panic, she narrowly missed hitting both the line we hang our bird feeders from and one of the windows. For this reason we now hang tinsel over the line to make it more visible. She always seems to be in a hurry and has a rather curious waddling gait.

In 2005 she returned with her mate.

Dotty and her mate