Flowers
are not as important as food to a teenage pigeon - although this one
was standing there staring at them before munching seed. Around the
garden there are currently - early May - several other youngsters. We
have sparrows for example - as depicted in my next few photos.
Here
we see mother bird feeding a pair of youngsters in my tree. Like the
starlings in the previous 2-3 years, the sparrows have learned to
park their young in the tree branches, go to the feeder for food, fly
back and feed them. Eventually, a youngster cottons on - parents get
that yummy stuff from some place around here......
...alas,
they are as yet not understanding how it gets from pole to parent to
beak! Maybe tomorrow...and the next day the youngster will grab a few
extra bites while waiting!
This
shot may alert regular readers to the fact that I made another
excursion to Arundel. The familiar WWT americano mug with a lake
beyond did indeed mean such a trip was taken - on the penultimate
weekend in May. There, beyond the coffee, were the eider ducks as
usual - although on this occasion they were hanging about the bank
rather than swimming around. This is probably because of nesting and
young emerging.
On
the waters were a selection of other ducks however - including this
group of red and blue billed ones.
That's a great picture of all the ducks on the bank. I like the flowers in the window, too.
ReplyDeleteThis week all the pictures were big except for the two sparrow pictures, which were small, and the second flower picture, which was medium.
those sizes varying is weird.....i wonder what causes them to be differently sized?
ReplyDeleteI tried searching for help, but all I found so far is that there should be four options (S, M, L, XL) when you upload an image. Do you have those options when you upload? I'm wondering if the template is resizing things automatically.
ReplyDeletenope - no options...
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