One more from Central Park...
Because where there are bees, there are birds. (So it is said.)
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It's a hot late #spring day and I was sitting the conservatory as #birds were flitting around the back #garden. Here's a verdant scene of the #flowering #potato #plants I took while waiting with a #telephoto lens for any #sparrows to show up.
One #HouseSparrow did visit the #birdfeeder and I got this nice profile. It almost looks like it's holding a pose for me.
Seconds later, it flew right up to within 3-4 m under the shade of a #rose #bush no doubt looking for aphids and I caught this rather contrasting, scary image of the same #bird as it might look to one of its tiny victims.
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The temperature overnight dropped to -5 °C and so there was another hard #frost when I woke up as has been the case over the past few days.
The outside of the #windows of the #conservatory were covered with #ice #crystals which had formed an interesting pattern on the #GlassPanes.
Moving #outside, the #AppleTree still has some of its leaves on it but there is layer of #frost on them.
#Water has #frozen solid in this #bucket, like a huge #IceCube.
#Grass is likewise affected with ice on individual #blades.
Meanwhile the #LastQuarter #phase of the #Moon passes by standing vigil over the icy scene.
As do a couple of #HouseSparrow observing from a #rooftop.
This is a #HouseSparrow which I think lives in the loft of my own house.
I've often seen these #birds feeding off something from the underside of #rose #leaves and long suspected that they were feeding off #aphids but I used to think that they only eat #seeds.
Here's confirmation that it is indeed feeding on #greenfly. If you've ever watched the film #ABugsLife then you can appreciate how terrifying these #birds would be to tiny #insects.
I like the interplay of #shadow and #sunlight in this #photograph
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