🪶 #marshtit #glanskop #windowwildlife. Maybe it just needs a bit more power food to get through moult. It’s favourite food, the beech nut, isn’t available yet.
Jay keeping his 🥜 safe. 🪶 #eurasianjay #gaai #windowwildlife
Juvenile #chaffinch. 🪶 #vink #windowwildlife
We have three of these youngsters (siblings?) and one adult. They are always following each other around. They can make very cute noises, mimick the call of the buzzard or scream like a bunch of lunatics. 🪶 #eurasianjay #gaai #windowwildlife
Oops! It almost flew out of frame. 🪶 #nuthatch #boomklever #windowwildlife
The juvenile woodpecker was watching what dad was doing (having a go at the suet balls) when it was scared by the bird I shall not name and don’t like. 🪶 #greatspottedwoodpecker #grotebontespecht #windowwildlife
Don’t catch a cold dear brave lady blackbird. Your insulation isn’t all that at the moment. It’s been pouring all day with just a few spells of sunshine. 🪶 #blackbird #merel #moult #windowwildlife
The nuthatches are back from baby leave and they have brought reinforcements, a lot more are visiting than before. 🪶 #nuthatch #boomklever #windowwildlife
Statler and Waldorf. 🪶 #hawfinch #appelvink #windowwildlife
Some hardly have time to recover from raising the kids before moulting. They must be exhausted. 🪶 #greattit #koolmees #moult #windowwildlife
The male chaffinches still have their fantastic coloured plumage. 🪶 #chaffinch #vink #windowwildlife
The other one still looks the part. Look at it smile 😊. So maybe not siblings, but parent and juvenile and the parent is moulting. 🪶 #eurasianjay #gaai #windowwildlife
Have you ever seen a jay in moult? It looks like the new feathers just explode out of their body. Fortunately it still feels confident to get the 🥜. 🪶 #eurasianjay #gaai #windowwildlife
Our local robin finally turned up this morning. He had been keeping a low profile for weeks where I could only hear his tsk tsk tsk. 🪶 #europeanrobin #roodborstje #windowwildlife #wildlifeNL #nature
Look who dared fly over today! I wish he wouldn’t though, there are some severe wind gusts. The next two attempts failed, so he was fed in the trees. 🪶 #hawfinch #appelvink #windowwildlife #wildlifeNL #nature
Adult male hawfinch. Hard to imagine the juveniles will look like this next year. You can hear them everywhere in our village, so it’s a substantial breeding colony. 🪶 #hawfinch #appelvink #windowwildlife #wildlifeNL #nature
I don’t think he dared to fly over yet. Take your time, sweetie. 🪶 #hawfinch #appelvink #windowwildlife #wildlifeNL #nature
And even younger ones, not quite independent. “That’s a long flight to the balcony dad”. I took a few more pics and then dropped the bamboo shade, so they can’t see any movement that could scare them. 🪶 #hawfinch #appelvink #windowwildlife #wildlifeNL #nature
Just when I think the baby boom is over, here comes another independent juvenile. 🪶 #hawfinch #appelvink #windowwildlife
The Jay siblings on our balcony. The peace never lasts long. 🪶 #eurasianjay #gaai #windowwildlife
Parent (female) and juvenile hawfinch. 🪶 #hawfinch #appelvink #windowwildlife #wildlifeNL #nature
The jay is fond of the suet balls. Last year he had an agreement with the woodpecker who hacked large chunks, the jay would swoop in to eat the crumbs. The woodpecker doesn’t come as often as the jay wants, so it’s self service now. 🪶 #eurasianjay #gaai #windowwildlife #wildlifeNL #nature
Feeding the baby. 🪶 #hawfinch #appelvink #windowwildlife #wildlifeNL #nature
And sometimes two .. And I enjoy it thoroughly while I still can. 🪶 #appelvink #hawfinch #windowwildlife #wildlifeNL #nature
Every time when I think the juveniles have all dispersed, I see there’s still one being fed in the trees. 🪶 #hawfinch #appelvink #windowwildlife #wildlifeNL #nature
It’s a hawfinch day today. This is the first time I get a complete family in one picture. I know they are a union because both adult birds fed the juvenile. 🪶 #hawfinch #appelvink #windowwildlife #wildlifeNL #nature