Our serviceberry tree and shrubs (Amelanchier) are full of fruit right now and the birds are enjoying the feast.
Gray Catbird
Cedar Waxwing
Eastern Bluebirds are normally insect eaters and are regulars at our mealworm feeder but I also caught our female bluebird snacking on a serviceberry. She is looking in the direction of their nest box where their young are still growing. I wonder if she is trying to decide whether to eat it or share it with her babies.
Female Eastern Bluebird
This last couple of shots I didn’t even see happen when I took the pictures. It wasn’t until after I downloaded them to my computer that I saw what really took place. I was focused on the Cedar Waxwing on the left and didn’t see that another one was approaching on the right with a serviceberry in its beak.
Incoming!!!
Thank you!
My guess is that the “giver” is a male and the “recipient” is a female. It’s too early in the season for this to be a parent/child pair and many bird couples court by the male feeding the female.
Don’t forget you can click on the images to see a larger version.
I hope you enjoyed this glimpse into the birds we see around our yard. I’m joining the Wild Bird Wednesday blog hop. You can stop by and see some more birds.
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Hari OM
Oh, nothing beats a serendipitous shot such as this. What a lovely surprise! YAM xx
We just love your birds. We should of made Mommy take a picture of the Turkey Vultures that visited us but Mom just wanted them to go away.
So pretty! I love when I find more like that after I look at a photo later. 🙂 Sam
We see a lot of those bird feeder situations too, sometimes its cardinals, sometimes sparrows and sometimes even woodpeckers. I’d love to see a bluebird family, as we have plenty of them around here.
that are berrie good photos… bravo!!! you caught the best moments!
What pretty bird photos!
Beautiful photos! Mom just loves the cedar waxwings!
Great post 🙂
Those are very good pictures. Maybe we should plant a service berry bush in our yard.
I love the birds but right now hating the poop as Hilda seems to think it is a delicacy BOL!
hugs
Mabel & Hilda
“Incoming” that was funny
Birds and Berries give me the happies.
We had a flock of Cedar Waxwings at our birdbath. They were such kind birds.
They would sit in the dogwood waiting their turn.
Hugs Cecilia
Gorgeous birds today!!
Just love watching birds. So many varieties and so beautiful.
Those are amazing pictures. You asked about Phod’s Precious. It is still his number 1. On the day the disc pictures were taken, we were doing yard work which meant Phod was beatling around the yard and the garage was open. While the peeps worked he took out all his balls and discs. It took Lady some time to round them all up.
OMD, those pics are just amazin’! You captured some amazin’ moments with the burdies fursure! Again, Ma is super jealous of your flashy beast!
Kisses,
Ruby ♥
I hope it was his “sweetie” ….
Wow, they are just gorgeous birds. Love that the beautiful weather is here. I wish we could see true beauty like this outside in our backyard. Thanks for the share. Have a great upcoming weekend.
That last photo is like a summer time Valentine’s Day for birds and no doubt better than chocolate.
I love that image of one Cedar Waxwing feeding the other! Wow! What long lens did you end up getting for your x-t3?
Hi KB. I have a Fujifilm 100-400 lens with a 1.4x converter. I’m loving this camera so far for pictures but haven’t done much videoing yet.
Charlee: “It sure is sweet of the one cedar waxwing to offer a berry to the other one.”
Chaplin: “Yes, we didn’t know that birds could be so nice to each other.”
Lulu: “Kind of makes you cats feel guilty about staring at them and plotting to catch them and eat them, doesn’t it?”
Charlee & Chaplin: “No.”