Squirrel hanging on

The squirrels have discovered the peanuts for the birds. The squirrels love them too!

This morning one of the squirrels was very delighted having his peanut-breakfast. He even hanged upside down on the branch so that he could get the nuts.

Suddenly the small iron tie broke loose from the branch.(I had not tied it very well to the branch, I suppose), but squirrel held on to the peanut-bag and dangled like an acrobat on the branch!

Then suddenly the peanut-bag broke loose from his paws.... so beautiful, I captured that moment, when that happened. It was his stunning looks that made me laugh out loud! It was so funny to see this. He did not mind and continued his breakfast at the foot of the tree between the snowdrops and the crocuses.

Squirrel

 Happy squirrel has found some more nuts, that were swimming in the pond!

Doves party

The doves are having a party in the pond!

Its amazing to see the doves can dive and swim!

The wood pigeon falls into the water on purpose, I saw him doing that several times!
 

Squirrel walking on ice

 Squirrel is very brave, he is walking on ice to see if there is something to drink or eat.

Jay

 So now and then a jay comes to pick some of the nuts which were meant for the squirrels.

Normally he does not come that close, but he cannot resist these yummy nuts.

and I am able to get some close up shots, because he is very beautiful.

Big wings for 2022

Have big wings to fly, in this new year 2022

Wishing you all a great flight this year!

Squirrel

 Squirrel looking for water and nuts in the frozen pond.

And he found!!!! as well as his mate.

Have a good old years eve...

Squirrel

 Squirrel and me are wishing you a merry Christmas!

squirrel

 Got some new nuts in a great bag...!

So happy with it and guess who is even more?

Squirrel

The neighbours walnut tree is empty. Squirrel has stored a lot of nuts in my garden and as well in my neighbours gardens. He is so clever. I still have some nuts I collected last year. So now and then I put the nuts on a small table. In the beginning I put out the whole nuts and what he does, he runs away with them and stores the nuts someplace. However what I like is seeing the squirrel to eat the nut. I break the nuts so he has to eat them on the spot. He mostly stays on the spot where he finds the nut, which is on the small table.

Then I have the opportunity to make some beautiful shots!
 

Green cocoon

 Its interesting.

It took the caterpillar 3 days to sit still and wait. He waited 3 days to transform into cocoon.

Also this cocoon is a bright green one. While the cocoon of the other caterpillar was a brownish one.  (see last post)

In my observation the caterpillars were lookalikes. Both of the Small white cabbage butterfly.

caterpillar and cocoon

The caterpillar made overnight a beautiful safety belt around his belly. Now he is waiting till he transforms into cocoon. You can clearly see the tiny white belt at a third of his body.

This is the cocoon of the caterpillar that transformed some weeks ago. 
 

Caterpillar Small Cabbage White

About 2 weeks ago, I found a caterpillar crawling up the wall. I hoped he would climb a bit higher, because I knew he was looking for a place to cocoon. A bit higher would be a bit safer.

I forgot to make a photo, wanted to do it the next day, but the next day when I looked again, he had gone into cocoon. 

Today I found another caterpillar also climbing up the wall. As I looked at it better, I saw him busy making a safety belt. That means he is preparing for going into cocoon. So I grabbed my camera, however its darkening already and only got this one sharp. (click images for sharper view)

Tomorrow I think he has gone into cocoon also and will make some more photo's.

I think its the caterpillar of Small Cabbage White (Klein Koolwitje)

Crested Tit

 Have n't seen him for a long while, the Crested Tit.

Mostly I notice him in winter at the feeding table, but now today he has a good bath.

Such a beautiful bird!