It is a plant I have always wanted so now I am looking forward to my own display of cheerful yellow flowers to welcome the Spring. I hope they will eventually look like the ones in the local church yard.
In a trough in the garden the yellow crocus seem to have appeared out of nowhere.
Yesterday I noticed a couple of birds on feeders where I don't usually see them. These last few days the peanuts seem to have come in to fashion again after being ignored for many weeks. These House Sparrows were pecking away when a small piece of peanut fell out of the feeder. The sparrow on the right deftly caught it and flew off with its prize.
Quite a surprise was to see a Coal Tit on the slab fat feeder. Usually they are just interested in sunflower hearts for eating straight away or black sunflower seeds for taking and storing.
It has been snowing for the last hour so I can see it is going to be another day of keeping warm and watching through the window.
The above was filmed a short while ago. It has now been snowing for three hours. As the snow continued more and more birds arrived to frantically top up from the feeders.
Funny how they know. They are usig the feeder I hang on the van very rare! must cost you a fortune in food but cheaper than a TV and more entertaining.
ReplyDeleteI hope your Aconites do well, such cheerful little flowers, your Crocus are looking good too!
ReplyDeleteI find the Coal Tits usually go for the fat treats in preference to other food in my garden.
We had an enormous amount of snow fall in just over an hour early this morning but thankfully most of it has now gone as fast as it came.
Lovely photos and video as usual and good to see (on the previous post) that there is still interest being shown in the nest box.
Hello Adrian. Much more entertaining than most of the TV output these days.
ReplyDeleteHave you tried out your instep walking spikes yet? I couldn't find any like that on the net but got a different type. Wore them for the first time today - brilliant, Snow, slush, ice - no problem.
Hello Jan. I do hope the aconite grows OK. I read that they are harder to get going from dry corms so I can but wait and see.
ReplyDeleteVery unusual for the Coal Tits to visit any of the fat feeders here so it was quite a surprise to see one hanging there.
Just over an inch of snow this morning, slightly melted, slush where people and cars have been, some beginning to freeze.
The crocus look nice John; a welcome splash of colour.
ReplyDeleteHeavy snow here this morning, but then the sun came out later. Crazy weather; can't make its mind up.
Yes Keith. Any colour is most welcome at this time of year.
ReplyDeleteThe Sun came out here, melted some of the snow and slush but now the temperature has dropped and it is turning to ice. No wonder the poor old birds and frogs have no idea what season it is.
Beautiful Crocus John.
ReplyDeleteI hope the aconite give you a beautiful display of flowers. The crocus are certainly beautiful.
ReplyDeleteHello Roy. I often think many varieties of Crocus look at their best before they open fully.
ReplyDeleteFor some reason I am not seeing any of your photos on my computer. I will try again tomorrow on my office computer. The video comes through loud and clear, though. What a noisy bunch of birds you have! Sounds tropical, somehow, in spite of the snowfall.
ReplyDeleteHello Mick. I hope so too Mick. I don't think you can beat a bit if Crocus colour at this time of year.
ReplyDeleteHello Wilma. Sorry you had problems. I guess ther was a glitch with the Flickr site. I have seen that happen occasionally. The video is on YouTube so would not have been affected at that time.
ReplyDeleteIt was noisier than usual as there were so many Starlings and House Sparrows about.