SHARING NUTS WITH MY BALCONY BIRDS

I hope you enjoyed the festivities. We did, and after we had eaten and opened our presents we played two games which my son Marco Paulo brought with him, and both Eva and I laughed so much until our sides ached. They were really fun games and everyone had a great time. I just can't remember the names of the games but when I do, I'll let you know..We celebrate both the Eve and the day as a family, so today was a day of rest for me and this morning after saving some dried fruits and nuts left over from Christmas to eat with my Weetabix breakfast, I  saved half to share with my balcony birds. They really enjoyed the Pine nuts, Walnuts and  Hazel nuts I mixed with the peanuts. It also attracted some more birds to the feeders Robins, Blackcap  and Jays. I didn't manage to capture a photo of the male Blackcap however. but here are a few that I did manage to photograph. If some of these images are out of focus put it down to the consumption of too many naughty but nice glasses of Champagne drank over these three days. :)

The European Robin in the shade with a broom handle on the right, :)

                                                        Two Eurasian Blue tit images

                                                                    European   Robin

                                                        Two Eurasian Blue tit images

Green stinkbug on the balcony

Eurasian Jay

                                                                                 European  Robin.                       

                                                                                Coal tit

                                                                    Eurasian Blue tit

Eurasian Jay

My Jade Plant  Crassula ovata has been in flower for weeks now and shows no signs of  fading, there are even buds yet to open. It's a pretty sight on my balcony.

                                                        A male Chaffinch seen from my balcony.

Crested tit

Same male Chaffinch.

                                                    Greenfinch which only eat the sunflower seeds.

SEASONS GREETINGS

THE SEASON'S GREETINGS.

Just a few warm words of friendship to my blogging friends I send you all good wishes. May this festive season be filled with happiness, good health, laughter, and love, and the New Year bring you everything you desire, and loads of love because you can never have too much,  Warm hugs to everyone.

THE COAL tit periparus ater and The Great tit parus major

Dear fellow bloggers due to my computer getting spoilt, I have been unable to blog or explain why, but now I am using a familiar computer which used to belong to my late husband, it isn't new, far from it, but it works better than mine used to do. It has taken such a long time to start blogging again because my late husband's computer was absolutely full, and it had important items of information which had to be sifted through, and I also had too many photos that hadn't been deleted.  It was so frustrating because I missed you all so much and many thanks to those of you who stopped by just to say hello  and wish me well. it was so nice of you to think of me and I am looking forward to visiting your much appreciated blogs. It really feels good to be starting a post today. I hope you enjoy these few bird images. The Coal Tit and Great Tit are birds I see more frequently, but the Great tit is so timid that it is extremely difficult to capture on camera, and whilst the Coal tit is usually most confiding, it is also beginning to exhibit the same kind of behaviour, so I haven't taken many photos of either bird.

 

The Coal tit.

The next 6 images are all of the Coal tit.

This photo and the next are my favourites

This and the  following photos are of the Great tit

The male

The female.

The female.

The male

There you have it,  birds that visit my balcony in the dozens every day, but fly away with food to eat elsewhere.Now that the trees are bare of leaves you would think it would be easy to see them, but they hide in bushes and in conifers, but I'm hopeful that other species will eventually appear so I can also share them with you. See you soon! Warm hugs to everyone.