Woody has discovered some leftover peanuts in the jar.
He mostly climbs up the stem of the the Wisteria-tree and then moves to the branches to be able to jump on the peanut jar. Such a beautiful sight.
Woody has discovered some leftover peanuts in the jar.
He mostly climbs up the stem of the the Wisteria-tree and then moves to the branches to be able to jump on the peanut jar. Such a beautiful sight.
Here in the Netherlands we call the Wisteria, Blue rain. like many raindrops sitting together.
I don't know if its also named like that in other languages.
The flowers all together form like a blue cloud. which is so beautiful.
When the flowers break open, they have a lovely sweet scent attracting many bees.
He sat there with his yummy treasure in the long grass. After that a sip of water...and then he looked in some favourite storage places where he has stored other nuts. Maybe he finds some more.
Squirrel took the risk, to go out anyway. His ears soaked, his neck hair soaked, his tail all wet as well.
He came along and he was happy to find some peanuts, I had thrown out, for him and the birds to find.
So it was all worth, to go out for a while to get his rumbling tummy filled.
This is the month of his return from Africa. Will he soon arrive?
Today, I saw him! sitting in my garden en flying a bit around.
Maybe I have seen him already yesterday as well... It was a kind of a glimpse without being aware that it might be him.
See this link for all the other arrival-times in the previous years
Only one, of all the blossoms on the tree, dared to break out!
Such a bravery!
Maybe they will be open later on the day, as the sun brightens and warms them even more.
I think they are early this year
I found in my archives that in 2016 they were almost open on april 26th!
and back in 2014 they also were nearly open on April 04.
It looks to me that the snail prefers more the purples and the blues. The yellow is maybe less his favourite. So nice to know that!
I love the word how it rhymes: 'Snail-trail'. When you look closer, the trail is even full of shiny shimmering colors, What Creator has fancied that, when He made the snails!
(click the images for a better and sharper view!)
He took some things out...I guess its poo...from other birds who have been sleeping in the nestbox. He really was inspecting everything very carefully. All day he flew to and fro, in and out.