City Birds

Many birds - starlings,sparrows,pigeons, even sea gulls - have learned to live with people. Small birds such as robins, tits, finches, and thrushes nest in hidden corners of city gardens, and owls take over empty buildings. In winter, watch for unusual visitors moving in from the country to feed on berries, rotting apples, and birdseed.

Messy Birds

City pigeons roost and nest on the ledges of buildings. Their droppings mess up city streets and statues and are expensive to clean up.

Summer Visitors

House martins build their mud nests under the eaves of city roofs. You can  often spot their little white faces peering out. House martins are summer visitors, arriving late April. After they have reared their young, they return to Africa in late September.
"The house martin makes its nest out of md. It uses sticky, wet mud to glue the nest into position"

Sooty Swift

Luckily, the chimney swift is black! In the wild it nests in hollow trees, but in cities it choose the next best thing-chimneys. It swoops down to sleep in unused factory chimneys. In the morning, it comes out a little dusty for the experience.

City Scavengers

Magpies feed on almost anything, including scraps of food dropped on the street and the eggs and young of smaller birds.
Pigeons and thrushes often attack magpies to keep them away from their nests.

Mischievous Magpies

Magpies are famous thieves. They like bright, shiny objects and will carry them off to decorate their nests. Magpies may even enter bedrooms to steal jewelry.