I can’t find the post about the previous bird feeder we had but it’s time to share the “new on”. I guess there won’t be such thing as “NEW” feeder in this household cause reduce, reuse, recycle… is something I like. So, this year we have a lantern that was crashed buy wind in … More This year’s birds feeder
Love stepping out to water the flowers on the porch and have friends around, like this one – fieldfare. First, he saw me and then started to shake and caw. Wanted to scare me off. Sorry, friend, my marigolds asking for water. Grumpy Fieldfare :). Ilze
Till today I thought there are only one species os swans… well not true! There are three different species in Latvia. These ones (below in the picture) are Mute swans (Cygnus olor). These two are in the pond next to our grandmother’s house. Beautiful birds. And so big! I had the chance to see them … More White Swans: Mute swans
Eurasian bullfinch – Pyrrhula pyrrhula – Svilpis This is what I’m sharing with you today. Ilze
These birds are silly! They like to visit our feeder and they always stick together. I saw them in the cherry tree near the feeder. Grab a camera and run out. Silly Greenfinch flew away to the nearest tree when saw me with the camera. Ilze
This is one of the smallest bird coming to our feeder. This is some sort of tit but I can’t tell whether its Willow tit or Marsh tit! More pictures here. They both are so similar. Both have a black head and black spot under the beak. Some say the only way to tell is the song … More Poecile palustris / Poecile montana
Remember that spruce cone in the top part of the electricity pole I write a few days ago!? I watched that pole ever since! And guess what I have the answer! I know who put that cone there and WHY!! Glad I watched that pole ever since… It was none other than… Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos … More Spruce cone in electricity pole
Saw something in the top part of the electricity pole… near our house. Just lead by curiosity I went out and took my camera with me. What can it be? Finally, the closest spruce is having wonderful cones this year. I don’t know if it’s planted there, but it’s not very high 2,5 meters.. or … More Cones, Spruce cone
Yesterday we were celebrating our 7th wedding anniversary. We left our three girls to my mom for an hour and a half and had a walk in the Nature reserve Randu pļava. The Randu pļava is a nature reserve covering the area of Vidzeme seaside from Ainazi till Kuivizi. The 200 ha area is home to approximately 600 Latvian … More Randu pļavas
Finally, the sun is here and all the small (and also the big ones too) farmers around us make hay. I love the smell of freshly cut grass and also smell of freshly collected hay. I saw that our neighbor made the hay and I had time to take a walk with my camera. Usually, … More Summer time / Hay time
