{"id":3792,"date":"2017-02-18T21:19:26","date_gmt":"2017-02-18T21:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=3792"},"modified":"2017-02-14T21:18:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-14T21:18:00","slug":"waxwings-at-hulme-garden-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=3792","title":{"rendered":"Waxwings at Hulme Garden Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/566\/32648353711_a0300300d4_c.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_1536\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bohemian Waxwing feeding on apples at Hulme Garden Centre.<\/p>\n<p>Despite all the recent gentrification\u00a0it\u00a0seems quite apt that 3 Bohemian Waxwings recently decided to drop in at Hulme Community Garden Centre.\u00a0Incredibly tame and quite content to feed next to a bus stop they enjoyed \u00a0the over-ripe apples for several days in early February. Great to see the interest in the birds by the local residents.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"DSC_1329-Edit\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/32730653956\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/322\/32730653956_70dfa25a12_c.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_1329-Edit\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"DSC_1061\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/32648156081\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/497\/32648156081_4643915266_c.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_1061\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"DSC_1476-Edit\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/32771576525\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/613\/32771576525_4c87ba01be_z.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_1476-Edit\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a title=\"DSC_1352\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/32618409492\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/592\/32618409492_1f347b4ec2_z.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_1352\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Here&#8217;s looking at you kid&#8230;&#8230;<\/td>\n<td>A traditional Hulme hairstyle.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"DSC_1408\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/32648271191\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/562\/32648271191_c94fe17338_z.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_1408\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a title=\"DSC_1135\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/32648186411\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/340\/32648186411_997620f549_z.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_1135\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"DSC_1058-Edit\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/32730660286\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/488\/32730660286_c49c4afd3a_c.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_1058-Edit\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Spot the odd one out?\u00a0Same colours, slightly different arrangement. As\u00a0each apple core was exposed the\u00a0Goldfinches flew in and took advantage of the pips.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0<a title=\"DSC_1473\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/32391603080\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/755\/32391603080_2ffd94c69e_c.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_1473\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0<a title=\"DSC_1090\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/32618319042\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/549\/32618319042_345817efc7_c.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_1090\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0<a title=\"DSC_1078\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/32391443410\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/711\/32391443410_380126cc2f_c.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_1078\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"DSC_1229\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/32771675395\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/576\/32771675395_1f9c8eefa8_c.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_1229\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Interesting to watch the Waxwings literally ripping the apples apart before eating the fruit. A completely different approach to the one they normally take when plucking individual berries from\u00a0Rowan trees before storing them in their crop for digesting at the top of the nearest tall tree.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully they&#8217;ll find enough fruit to keep them going for another few weeks before they begin to make their return to the coniferous forests of Scandinavia and Russia.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bohemian Waxwing feeding on apples at Hulme Garden Centre. 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