Black redstart

A few days ago , I heard that at one of my friends house, a Black redstart, Phoenicurus Ochruros, Zwarte roodstart, had young.
I asked if I could make some pics.
The redstart had build his nest on the lamp in the top a the shed.
Great spot, so that you could see the birds sitting in the nest begging for food..
With my tele I could see them very well, without disturbing the parents.
Inspecting the menu on my computer, I saw locusts, ants and other crawly insects.

How to ruffle your feathers

Young Coal-tit having a great time!!!!!!!!

Blue-tit

Such a beauty!

Buff-tip

Buff-tip, Phalera bucephala, Wapendrager from all sides.
A really interesting butterfly, looks like a birch-branch.
First he sat on my window, so I could see his belly 
and than seen from the side he looks like a birch-branch with little legs.
So well camouflaged, you have to look really close in order to see it is really a butterfly.

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Continuing Story Small.

Turntle picked him up again and shook him to the core of his being.
Saying: 'I am turning you not only upside down,
but I am turning you within.
from the outside to the inside,
so that you get insight
and from there you will be able to see beyond'.

Goldfinch, Putter

To my great amazement, when I looked out of my window, talking to a visiting friend, that I stopped in the middle of our conversation and stared at this bird!
I had recently gone to a friend to make photo's of this bird having a nest with young.
but now the bird was in my garden too!
This bird I see rarely.
The Goldfinch, Putter or Carduelis carduelis) sitting in my garden!
Such a special bird. red mask on his face and yellow feathers on the side.

See also the link to this post in 2012, when I saw the bird for the first time in my garden en
why it has a special meaning for me

Squirrel

The squirrel that jumped into my pond a few days ago,
came back to see if he could find something.
I had found some old nuts in my cupboard and had laid them outside on a table.
When I walked into my atelier the next morning,
he sat there really enjoying his new found nuts.
He sat there, taking his time to crack and eat them on the spot.
Mostly they run away with it, but he stayed there for quite some time,
so that I could make some pics.

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Continuing Story Small.

Turntle put Small on his back on his belly and looked him straight in the eye.
'Don't be afraid', said Turntle,
'When turning around,  you see things from another point of view.
Things look different when you see them from the other side.
The other side is not there.
Beyond is not there either.

Squirrel splash

Squirrel came along to see if there was something.
I tried to grab my camera as invisible as I could,
but.....
He saw me.
He ran to the left in hiding, than suddenly changed his mind and ran to the right.
He ran so fast that he forgot there is a pond with water in it.
He ran straight into the water, which made me laugh out loud, because the sight was soo funny.
He ran out of the water in one acrobatic jump, leaving me smiling from ear to ear.