Thursday, 6 December 2018

A Good Year For The Birds


I just have to share crab apple harvest this year.   These orange apples, on a now leafless tree, are too small to make jelly from.  We leave them for the birds - who devour them when other food becomes scarce in mid winter.  I am sure they get drunk on them because once they get started there is no limit to the antics they get up to as they tightrope/softrope their way along the branches.  Blackbirds and pigeons are the most enthusiastic, but these house sparrows on the nearest bush seem to be keeping a custodial eye on them.


Just in case you are wondering, yes the blue lines are our washing line.



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