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Surrounding the lake and more apparent throughout the woodland landscape this year, I never noticed these early bloomers enough to even bother identifying them. I now know they are apple serviceberries (Amelanchier), smaller trees or large bushes which provide a very attractive and pleasing accent before being absorbed into the developing greenery.
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We had a flock of Cedar Waxwings descend upon our Serviceberry Bush...even though the berries are still quite green, they were devouring them.
Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada
Die Pflanzengattung Felsenbirnen (Amelanchier) gehört zu den apfelfrüchtigen Kernobstgewächsen (Pyrinae) innerhalb der Familie der Rosengewächse (Rosaceae)
Juneberry at the park, I even got a Robin eating them.
In the final stage the dark purple almost black color, the berries are rich and sweet, with the taste of a fully ripe cherry crossed with the slightly tannic flavor of a blueberry.
Sitting so sweetly in our serviceberry tree, this Golden-crowned Kinglet matches nicely with the bright gold leaves surrounding it.
These birds are constantly moving and hopping around as they feed on insects, so I was happy to capture this clear image of it.
Enjoy...
A Cedar Waxwing admires a serviceberry fruit before gulping it down. The photo was taken in our backyard, and I've not spotted waxwings in this tree before-- although that likely just means that I've not spent enough time watching. I was fortunate this time to be practiciing with different focus modes on my new toy, when the flock showed up to give me some targets. Glendale, Missouri
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Amelanchier ovalis (commonly known as snowy mespilus) is a serviceberry shrub. Its pome fruits are edible and can be eaten raw or cooked. The species is native to central and southern Europe, as well as North Africa and the Middle East.
Amelanchier ovalis is a deciduous Shrub growing to 5 m at a slow rate.
It is in flower in May, and the seeds ripen in July.
I caught this guy on Christmas Day doing his thing to a small serviceberry in our back yard. He was nice enough to stick around while I moved to a good position to snap his pic.
The time of year, as my archives confirm, when I spend more time than any other on land and water, camera in hand, recording the awakening. In fact, I never upload all that I want to as the days pass quickly on and yesterday's clicks are relegated to storage.
Here while cruising the shoreline currently highlighted by the ivory-flowered serviceberries in peak bloom, an unidentified bird sat cheerfully singing in between darting back and forth feeding on the insects attracted by said blooms, pursuing this activity even as I passed. A closer view is in comments, both presented in watercolor format.
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From squirrels to chipmunks to raccoons, to cedar waxwings, cardinals, gray catbirds, red-bellied woodpeckers, grackles, starlings, and even a Kingbird, they all seem to enjoy the fruit. Forgot to mention the American Robins, which are all over the tree and chase away the other birds :-(
Last homework assignment for Don Komarechka's macro class. I can't wait to practice some of these creative techniques this summer.
Good morning everyone. I've often mentioned that Pileated Woodpeckers (Dryocopus pileatus) have a fondness for Serviceberry tree berries so I thought I would post a short series of one feeding on them.
Serviceberry tree berries usually ripen by early June. When they are they attract a wide variety of different birds. Waxwings and Robins in particular. While I've seen an occasional Pileated Woodpecker feeding on them in the past, this was the first year I was able to get a few pics of one. In this case being a male. Females and juveniles also feed on the berries, but never seem quite as fanatical about them.
As for these photos, they aren't the best you'll ever see of a Pileated Woodpecker, but they're probably the first you'll ever see of one feeding on berries. And in spite of the large size of this bird, being 15.7 - 19.3 inches (40 - 49 cm) in length with a wingspan of 26 - 29.5 inches (66 - 75 cm), it was very acrobatic and managed to hang onto the smallest of branches while feeding on the berries.
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Thank you for stopping by...and I hope you have a truly great day and weekend.
Lacey
ISO1600, aperture f/5.6, exposure .001 seconds (1/1000) focal length 360mm
A lively warbler that hops among tree branches in search of insects, the male American Redstart is coal-black with vivid orange patches on the sides, wings, and tail. True to its Halloween-themed color scheme, the redstart seems to startle its prey out of the foliage by flashing its strikingly patterned tail and wing feathers. Females and immature males have more subdued yellow “flash patterns” on a gray background. These sweet-singing warblers nest in open woodlands across much of North America.
Backyard Tips
In late summer, redstarts visit plants with small berries and fruits, such as serviceberry and magnolia. Planting these in your yard may help attract them.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Redstart/overview
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I've been sorting out pics from the last year and have found quite a few nice ones that I never posted. Here, we had an American Robin mom showing her fledgling how to find berries... Glendale, Missouri
About a dozen of them flew in to check the status of the serviceberry tree in the backyard. The fruit is still a few days away from being ready to enjoy, so I'm sure they will be back in larger numbers in the near future.
C'est l'attraction ici ces jours!
...et Robin et moi n'en revenons juste pas! .).
Isn't my pantry full beautiful?
That's the attraction here these days!
...and Robin and I just can't believe it! .).
This was a two step slide: First I added Cross Process to the original, then I cropped and I used Indiglow in Aviary for the view above.
Tuesday at the park while shooting macros at the Berries this Robin was eating Berries, no time to put my zoom lens
so I used my 105 macro, very hazy no good condition for bird shots.
So, after mom showed junior how to find the berries (yesterday's pic), he went to work trying to get his own meal. It did not go smoothly. An instant after this, he was hanging upside-down flapping his wings and trying to get vertical again. I found watching the process to be very amusing, and eventually he worked out how to grab a berry more gracefully. What fun...
From a few weeks back. We got some great color on our Serviceberry, and this guy gave me a nice pose tucked into the leaves. Glendale, Missouri
This guy was buried in our serviceberry, but the lighting was nice. It's cool that you can see the last of the brown crown feathers from the winter 'copper top' plumage as those jet-black stripes come in. Glendale, Missouri
I don't usually think of sparrows as insect eaters, but this Eurasian Tree Sparrow is bringing a mouthful of something back to the nest. Yum! Glendale, Missouri
A Tufted Titmouse-- one of our smaller and noisier birds, with energy and attitude to spare. Yard in Glenway, Missouri
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I do have a flora book to ID this, but, after moving last year, had no idea what box I packed in. I still have at least 50 unpacked boxes in the basement and the garage. haha
**Yes, I found its name online, "The apple serviceberry has white flowers in spring, edible berries in summer and then fiery red leaves in fall. It’s also great for attracting birds."
It was difficult to estimate how many Pine Siskins were in the backyard yesterday as they were everywhere, in the birch tree, the serviceberry tree, at the feeders and feeding on the ground, but a rough estimate would be 60. Spent a couple of hours just watching all the activity in the backyard.
I snapped this as my first shot of the morning, in fairly dim light, and ended up liking the nice, calm demeanor of this bird surrounded by green. Tower Grove Park, St Louis, Missouri.
L'Amélanchier à feuilles ovales, Amelanchier ovalis, est une espèce de plante à fleurs de la famille des Rosacées appartenant au genre Amelanchier.
On l’appelle également amélavier ou amélanquier, en occitan amalenca, amalenquièr (et d'autres variantes). Son fruit est alors l’amalenca, bien que le terme valût avant pour l'arbre également. Le nom français provient de l'occitan, qui remonte au gaulois aballo « pomme » avec suffixe diminutif germanique -ing.Au Moyen Âge, on le trouvait souvent dans le jardin des simples des monastères, ou dans le jardin central des cloîtres. On le surnommait parfois l'arbre aux oiseaux.
Amelanchier ovalis occupe une place à part dans le genre : c'est la seule espèce indigène d'Europe, présente à l'état sauvage en France sur les coteaux rocheux, les lisières et les haies champêtres. À ce titre, elle entretient des liens anciens avec la faune locale.
C'est un arbrisseau de 1 à 3 mètres de hauteur dont les feuilles caduques sont ovales-arrondies (ovalis), et le revers blanc-duveteux.
La floraison a lieu d'avril à mai. Les fleurs sont blanches à 5 pétales, regroupées en petites grappes formant une corymbe.
Amelanchier ovalis, commonly known as snowy mespilus (a name which is also attached to the related A. lamarckii) or serviceberry, is a deciduous shrub in the family Rosaceae. Its pome fruits are edible and can be eaten raw or cooked. The species is native to central and southern Europe, as well as North Africa and the Middle East.
Amelanchier ovalis can be found in prealpine and submediterranean climates reaching from colline to sub-alpine zones. The most southern place with recorded plants is in Morocco, the most eastern place is in Azerbaijan and the Caucasus. Plants have been observed in the Valais in Switzerland at an elevation of 2,000 m (6,600 ft), and in the Atlas Mountains at 2,800 m (9,200 ft)
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They are cute, but these things are so dang destructive... they drive me nuts with chewing up wiring and furniture in our back yard. Unfortunately our dog is too old to chase them away any more, so we need to find alternative ways to discourage them.