Woody again

As long as I put some yummy things in the basket,
the woodpeckers come.
They love the food, and mostly I can hear them coming...
Tjeck, tjeck....tjeck...
and yes there he comes, sometimes they come together.

worn-out coal

A  worn-out coal-tit resting.
His head bald I guess because of moulting...
I looks a bit funny.

Bullfinch

Being up early this morning, I sat down with my coffee.
Then I noticed I was not the only one being up early.
The Bullfinch was up too!
Enjoying his bath in the birdbath!
This was so nice!
What an amazing colours!!!!!
A good start of the day.

Orange-pink blur

In my garden I noticed an orange-pink blur flying by.
I knew it had to be the Bull-finch (Goudvink)
A moment later he sat in the birdbath having a drink.

Woodpeckers

The woodpeckers are coming every day now,
as long a I fill the basket.
Its such a great sight to see these birds coming and going.
Here is a female young.
She has no red dot on the back the head.
The males have red dots.

Green Woodpecker

This is awesome.
A green Woodpecker in my grass
searching for ants.
He is a very shy bird...I am very happy I caught him with my camera.

Woodpecker

Yesterday, I suddenly noticed some woodpeckers.
I had put some old cookies in a feeding basket.
Not only the blue-tits and the finches had found it.
The woodpeckers had found it too!
First I thought there was only one, but suddenly I saw four of them!
One parent and three young.
Here is one young looking how to get in the feeding basket.
Such a treat! 

Bullfinch

To my great amazement and surprise,
a Bullfinch landed on the birdbath to come for a drink.
To me a rare bird in my garden.
The male has an astonishing beautiful pink/orange breast.
In dutch he is named Goldfinch, However a goldfinch in England is another bird.

(Pyrrhula Pyrrhula, Bullfinch, Goudvink)
When you once have seen this bird, you will never forget this beauty.

young coal in shock

Some days ago I saw a young coal-tit lying on the ground.
He had hit the glass-window.
He sat in a shock, his head totally bended backwards...
It did not look good.
I took him in my hands and spoke/prayed to the bird that he would be well.
He needed some time to recover.
Meanwhile it started raining.
I put him in feeding table, so he sit there dry.
and also that when he was done, he would be free to take his wings.
I was happy that after a while he was gone.

Poppy

Beginning this year in spring I sowed poppy-seeds.
Lots...
My dream was to have a small poppy-field in my garden.
I sowed them in containers and in the bare ground.
The ones in the containers did come up, however hungry snails or slugs were happy with a fresh poppy-salad.
When I looked one day to see how the poppy's were doing
...not one poppy-plant was left.
The ones in the open ground... I did not see any of them grow up.

To my surprise there came some poppy-plants between the tiles and stones of my terrace.
I did not plant nor sowed them there.
And these poppy's are now richly blossoming!

Skipper butterfly

On the floor in my garage, I found this butterfly.
It did hardly move.
However I put him outside to see if he would be able to  fly.
The butterfly wobbled a bit on the ground, so Im not sure if he will make it.
It looked most like a Hesperiidae, Skipper butterfly, Dikkopje.

Young coal-tit

I heard a thump on my glass window.
When I looked, I saw a young coal-tit trying to find safety in the rose.
He was gasping for air, being a bit undone.

To my relief he soon recovered and was able to fly away.

Rose hearts

Rose-leaf hearts fallen on my floor when I picked a beautiful rose bouquet for inside.

Delight

Its a great delight to walk though my garden
The roses are out!
The air is filled with all kind of different fragrances, as every rose has its own delightful aroma.
and the colours so amazing as well!
I fell in love with my roses!!!

Blue-tits out

Just when I was outside, (it was extremely warm today)
I happened to see a blue-tit young flying out of the nestbox!
I was amazed to be right on the right time to be present.
I ran inside to get my cam...others might follow too!

One young was peeking all the time out, but he still did not dare yet.
The parents still feed him.
I wonder how many were in...
I think the others were already gone, before I found out.

birds

One of the birds in my garden is used as a landingstrip by the birds.
Its painted all over now with white stripes.