The Daily Bird #492.

Ducklings! From David, click for full size.

Mushroom Hunt: Bitter White Conk.

From Charly, who notes: This a conk for which I could not find any common english name, so I translated the czech one. As the name suggests, it is inedible (bitter taste) and it is white when fresh. These conks are probably towards the end of their life. I have only seen this one specimen and I do not remember seeing it too often. Latin: Oligoporus stipticus. Click for full size!

Summer to Autumn, Part 3.

From Giliell, click for full size!

The Daily Bird #491.

From Charly: This tiny blue tit did not try to carry of anything. It just patiently pecked away at the nut in the feeder. Click for full size!

Summer to Autumn, Part 2.

From Giliell, click for full size!

Mushroom Hunt: Earth Fan Fungus.

From Charly, Thelephora terrestris, click for full size!

The Daily Bird #490.

From Charly: This great tit tried to take carry a whole nut off of the feeder. Later I found the nut on the ground, it was probably too big. Click for full size!

Summer to Autumn, Part 1.

From Giliell, click for full size!

The Daily Bird #489.

A big nut thief! From Charly, who notes: For long I thought the holes in some nuts are made by spotted nutcracker, Nucifraga caryocactates, but I have never seen one. This weekend purely by accident I had a camera in hand when I heard the “tok-tok-tok” from the walnut tree and got the opportunity to catch the thief in the act. And it is great spotted woodpecker.

I do not mind them doing this. Everything they destroy is subsequently cracked and given in the feeder for the smaller birds to enjoy. I have more nuts than I can eat anyway. Click for full size!