Stirring the waters

 The dove is stirring the waters. 

I love his looks when he is done.

(Click the images for a sharper view)

Squirrel

 The squirrels are back!

They are inspecting the neighbours walnut tree again.

However the nuts are not ripe yet, but maybe they are thinking the nuts are good enough.

I still have some last-year-nuts and threw them out. It did not take long that one of the squirrels found them.

Little Owl

 Doodle  Little Owl

(Click image for a sharper view)

Blackbird

 Blackbird

Redstart

 This morning I noticed a bird, which I could not determine at first hand.

It looked like a blonde robin and then seeing it from the back I thought it might be a sparrow.

It flew away...so yeah...who can tell?

The I saw him again...and I noticed his red start!

It looks like a young female Redstart.

A very rare bird here in my garden. so that was special.

Blue tit

 Blue tit bathing

Backlicht

 I love it when the light is highlighting small details, which you rarely notice in normal light.

(click on images, which gives a way better view of details)

Red Admiral

 Every day a butterfly (Red Admiral) comes having a sunbath at the end of the afternoon.

His wings are rather damaged, but he still can fly very good.

What would have happened? Was it a bird snapping at his wings, but he could escape?

Pigeons diving

 The wood pigeons are having a great time, and happily I was able to capture some of their happiness.

Oh my!... Pigeons are awesome divers!

Blue-tit

 This Blue-tit looks amazing when he is having is bath.

Young robin

 Beautiful young robin bathing.

I love these young beauties, with their speckled outfit. Soooo lovely!!!!

Wagtail

 Its not often that a wagtail comes visiting to have a bath. However on a very warm day he sometimes comes.

He is so extremely quick and its a joy to see how he is ruffling and shaking to get his feathers all cleaned up.

Bubbles-play

 Playing with bubbles!

(I don't know what blogger has done to my image. 

It looks really unsharp. when you click the image to enlarge than they have the normal sharpness.

I noticed this as well a while ago on my photos.

so click the images for a better view)

Doves

 A beautiful couple of doves have taken a time-out near the pond in the grass.

Young Woodpecker

This is so great to see.

You can clearly see how this young woodpecker is enjoying his yummy snack.

Green woodpecker.

 Last night, already getting dark, I suddenly saw a green woodpecker climbing up the tree.

I always am happy when I see him, however because of his camouflaged outfit I rarely see him.

I do hear him when he is laughing his socks off. And that's the reason I love this bird so much. He laughs at fear and worry. He reminds me of the laughing horse in Job 39: 22 (He laughs at fear and is afraid of nothing.)

(Now in these days so helpful as a reminder during the covid fear. The spread of fear and control, attached to the fraud and cover ups, is actually more of a problem than the virus.)

Here, the green woodpecker is eating the black ants, who are running up and down the bark of this oak.

Green woodpeckers always laugh!