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Bird Watching, Pancake Day and Crêpes Suzettes

09 Feb

There has been a great deal of bird activity in the garden today though they flew away into the trees each time there was a hail shower. There were Goldfinches, Green Finches;  a Robin; Blue Tits and Great Tits; Long Tail Tits and just one Nut-hatch. The day of The Big Bird Watch there wasn’t a bird in sight!   Click on any photo to see the birds more clearly.

It’s Pancake Day and we started with Savoury Pancakes stuffed with turkey in a tasty peppery sauce. Later this evening we will have our Crêpes Suzettes which we love!

Stuffed Pancakes

Stuffed Pancakes

Crepes Suzettes

Crepes Suzettes

 
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Posted by on February 9, 2016 in Beauty, birds, Food, nature, Photography, Postaday 2016

 

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Some Jays, A Greenfinch and A Stork’s Nest (Weekly photo challenge – Big)

14 Oct

1    For the last days we have been watching several beautiful jays fleetingly in our garden. They always seemed to have something big in their beaks. Looking them up in the bird book we learned that they love acorns. Today we realised that they are getting their acorns from over the road and while they are still elusive to catch on camera, I just managed to get a couple in the oak tree. You’ll have to look carefully to find them!

The elusive Jays

2    A little Greenfinch has been at the window feeder. I managed this photo from about 3 metres away from the kitchen and through the window.

Goldfinch at the window feeder

3   As this is mostly a bird post, I thought I’d include this one of a stork and its enormous nest taken in Spain last year, for this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge of Big.

Big nest on big columns!

 
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Posted by on October 14, 2012 in birds, environment, garden, nature, postaday2012, Uncategorized, Weekly photo challenge

 

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