Tuesday 19 April 2016

Heavy Rain is Good for Some

At least the Blackbirds are happy when there is enough heavy rain to flood part of the back garden. This female spent ages paddling to collect worms, grubs and larvae driven to the surface. Some babies were going to be well fed:

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I would guess that they were mostly Leatherjackets, the larvae of the Crane Fly.

6 comments:

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    1. Simon: Good job the nest is in the garden hedge.

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    1. Weaver: I always marvel at the way they can pick up more without dropping some.

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Thank you for visiting. Hope you enjoyed the pictures. Any comment, or correction to any information or identification I get wrong, is most welcome. John

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