Blue-tit is checking out the seeds in the verbena.
He really enjoys it.
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He really enjoys it.
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His colors are outstanding, being fethered in this candy stick pink in combination with grey and black is awesome!
Here in Holland his name is Gold-finch, (Goudvink) ( Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
which is confusing because in other countries the same bird is named Bull Finch.
He might have crashed against the glass-window or it was the heat, because today its extremely hot.
I took him out of the hot sun into some shadow. I tried to give him some water with a dropper and put his feet in a bit of water as well to help him cool down.
Finally he flew away, so glad he did!
There he/she was....The Swallowtail is back! he/she landed while fluttering around in my garden on the verbena. As quickly as I could I grabbed my camera and was able to get a glimpse of this beautiful butterfly.
In dutch the butterfly is named Koninginnepage so I always name her Queen!
Only when summers are very warm they fly up more north from the southern countries.
Back in 2006 The butterfly was here as well and I was able to photograph the whole process of transformation from egg to butterfly (click link here for the transformation series)
It is so amazing to see the whole process...and I am so delighted to see her back!
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I love his cute little tail, which is black on top and white underneath...Who would think of that, when our Creator was imagining a design for a hare.
and then his soft little cute nose...sooo tender and soft.
I think it was a second nest this year.
Today I was suddenly seeing that the young were eagerly looking out of the box, ready to take flight. I grabbed my camera and waited behind the window, where I had perfect view on the nestbox.
I did not have to wait long, that I saw the first young fly on the fence. A while later I saw the second one take flight, landing between the leaves of a climbing plant.
Some time later when I was inspecting near the nest I found a third bird sitting quietly in the ivy.
I was happy to be right on time to watch the birds take flight.
I see him almost everyday, feasting on the clovers and grass and some poppy's.
Very interesting however is that he comes to my terrace in the evening. He instals himself near a big plant pot at the end of the my terrace. He then grooms and washes his legs and face on such a adoring manner that my heart melts by seeing him doing so.
He then lays down and takes a nap...!
I've never heard of that a wild hare takes a nap on a terrace. Mostly they have their sleeping place in a burrow, not near a house.
Does anyone know more about that? If so, please let me know.
Someone wondered and told me it's not a rabbit. It's a hare....a young one.
Because he is a young hare, he looks a lot like a rabbit. however his ears are longer and his hind legs are stronger. Now I know, there is no mistake.
He likes flowers a lot. He loves eating some of the campanulas. There are lots of flowers in my garden, so there is enough.
Never saw a wild rabbit that close and so enjoying himself.
I think he really liked it and me too.
However most people don't want them in the garden, and that's what I understand as well. He was looking for nice yummy things, like clover and other flowers and then he discovered the poppy's and ate a delightful meal of poppy leaves and flower.
When he noticed me, he suddenly ran away...too shy to have me as an observer, when he has his yummy meal.