Today I would like to share the flowers in my front garden because everytng is in full bloom and the light showers have not damaged the fragile petals as it did last year when heavy rainfall caused the petals to fall to the ground. One of my favourite sites is the Wisteria Here they are. Enjoy!
Last week I was watching a squirrel eating mealworms on my balcony when a large bird tried to land on the railing, but the squirrel chased it off and the bird landed in a nearby tree. It was in shadow but I took some photos anyway and lightened them in edit to discover it was a magpie. The images are not good, but I am going to share them because Magpies never usually come so far up here, but I have seen them in the avenue of chestnut trees. The next day two magpies came, but as I raised my camera ever so slightly they both flew away as they have excellent eyesight and that slight movement didn't go unnoticed. They are very intelligent corvids like the Common Ravon, Carrion Crow and Jay. The Magpie's brain-to-body-mass ratio is comparable to the great apes and humans.
