Canary chicks and pictures from 2009:
We had 10 new chicks born in 2009. Primrose, sitting on 2 more eggs – her third brood this year. (9th May 2009)
Milton and Keynes (Primrose’s first brood – 2 lovely yellow birds) 13.3.2009
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Linford and Tyson (Primrose’s babies)
Milton helped Mum feed 2nd brood! 25.4.09
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Sentamu and Teresa (Meeny’s Babies) 26.4.09
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Nest of 4 unnamed orange birds (Marigold’s babies) 8.5.09
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2 of Marigold’s babies out of the nest 8.5.09
Category: Garden
Salsify plant
We have these plants growing in the garden, we have now identified them as purple salsify, Tragopogon porrifolius, salsifí in Spanish. The flower is pretty, but the globe shaped seed heads are spectacular.
The seeds are dispersed by the wind and are quite efficient as the many seeded plants in the garden show!
Serins and flowers
Serinus Serinus, a small European finch related to the Canary. Serins live happily and noisily around our garden. This year a female nested in the honeysuckle and we were able to watch the four eggs progress into young birds, before they flew away.
This is the time of year when the wild flowers in the garden are a wonderful profusion of colours and shapes. A plant I know as Love in a Mist or Nigella grows around the Mediterranean. Known as a corn field weed, it is believed by some to be the Kezach mentioned in Isaiah 28 verse 27. The dried seed pods are interesting and used in flower arranging.