Friday, December 23, 2011

Today was the day

Below our upstairs balcony we have a rich hedge of cotoneaster shrubs and today was the day that the birds decided the berries had reached perfection. While getting dressed I noticed a great flurry of winged activity  which was a mixed flock of about 50 robins varied thrushes and the elusive cedar wax wings. The feast may go on for a few days as the shrubs are heavily laden. I tried to catch the activity on video, but of course as soon as I stepped onto the balcony the birds headed for the trees and the sound of the morning commute pretty much drowns out the chirping racket. Oh well. I was excited.

if you look really hard there is a cedar wax wing in this photo


1 comment:

Sally said...

Very neat! Can see them but just barely!