WILL IS BACK IN 2025

On opening the blinds, I could hardly believe the wind and rain had stopped and the sun was shining. The forecast was rain in a few days time so the men came to cut down the branches on the drive way trees near the house.This is what they look like now. Unfortunately the sun kept disappearing behind the clouds but the rain held off until the evening and thankfully the storms had passed.

The thought crossed my mind that now that the branches had been removed, would the birds still perch on the trees. There were still a few short branches left, but the birds would be more exposed than they had been before and more vulnerable.

The next day I waited to see what would happen No birds flew to perch on the trees, but flew directly to the balcony giving me a better view of them, but not in a natural setting. The railings are looking shabby and worn, but I haven't figured out how to spray paint them without the birds getting paint on their feet.

They all perched on the railings before going to the feeders

This little Blue-tit was so obliging, I managed to take these four photographs.

During the storm I felt very uneasy about the trees being so near to the house, for if they had been uprooted they would have fallen on to the house, as the branches were just as tall as the other trees low erdownthedriveway.

Imagine my surprise when I saw a flash of red and a Great Spotted Woodpecker appeared and timidly hid behind the tree trunk before exposing itself, enabling  me to get all the following captures.

 

The sun had disappeared and these images are rather dark but as I always do when I take a lot of photos I share them all. I hope it is Will, but of course have no way of knowing, but I'm just delighted to have seen it and if it is another woodpecker, there is no reason why it can't have the same name. :)

Will did not fly over to the balcony, even though I had laid out several peanuts, but when I happened to glance through the window later in the day, the peanuts had disappeared.

These images are all very similar, and not very sharp, so if you want to scroll down quickly, that's fine by me, but you can't deny Will has a most appealing look about him.

 

Handsome little guy.

I hope Will pays me another visit.

Because of the stormy weather and being indisposed, it has been over a month since my last post, I'm sorry if I have not visited as much as I would have liked to do but circumstances prevented me from doing so. I will be linking up to "Wild Bird Wednesday" and "Saturdays Critters" Click on the icons on the left sidebar and they will take you there so you can join in the fun, or see incredible images of wildlife.