Juvenile Blackbird in Holly Tree
The Blackbirds have been nesting in the small holly tree in my back garden for the last 3 summers, enlarging the nest each year – just visible through a tangle of prickly leaves. That makes for a pretty safe location! Its lovely having them so close as they hop around the garden.
Here are the fledglings, on the day they started getting adventurous and exploring the tree.
The chicks scatter in opposite directions around the garden, leaving mum frantic between rounding them up, and finding food.
“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”
– Lao Tzu