The Bonsai Supply on Instagram: “Creating a cascade bonsai is intended to reflect the shape of a tree that has had a difficult time, yet perseveres. 🌳✨…”

View this post on Instagram Creating a cascade bonsai is intended to reflect the shape of a tree that has had a difficult time, yet perseveres. 🌳✨ #tuesdaytransformation . . . . #bonsai #bonsaitree #cypress #bonsailife #floridabonsai #bonsaiworld #thebonsaisupply #bonsaifamily A post shared by The Bonsai Supply (@thebonsaisupply) on Nov 26, 2019 at 10:18am PST Continue reading The Bonsai Supply on Instagram: “Creating a cascade bonsai is intended to reflect the shape of a tree that has had a difficult time, yet perseveres. 🌳✨…”

10-22.7.2019: Rails, Larks & Snakes

Originally posted on Košice Patch Birding:
Several visits to the patch over the past couple of weeks, and many good finds. The biggest excitement was that at last I got confirmation of water rails breeding on the patch. In the past, I had only seen water rails in the winter months and had thought that they perhaps only wintered on the patch. But this… Continue reading 10-22.7.2019: Rails, Larks & Snakes

28.7-10.8.2019: Linnets and Sparrowhawks

Originally posted on Košice Patch Birding:
Everything has quietened down on the patch these last few weeks as the summer lull sets in. This is almost the only sign of summer, however, with dull and rainy days the norm since July. Nonetheless, a few surprises since the last post. The open ground where I saw the woodlarks last month has offered up more excitement,… Continue reading 28.7-10.8.2019: Linnets and Sparrowhawks

23.8-8.9.2019: Late Summer Doldrums

Originally posted on Košice Patch Birding:
This will be a fairly short post because there is actually very little happening on the patch at the moment. One exception is a pair of sedge warblers which were feeding low in the reeds yesterday. Otherwise a few red backed shrikes like the one in the header photo are showing up, five young pheasants flushed on the… Continue reading 23.8-8.9.2019: Late Summer Doldrums

10-21.9.2019: Back to the Hornád

Originally posted on Košice Patch Birding:
Still very little happening on the patch these days. Every time I visit, two large sparrowhawks are harrying big flocks of fieldfares, tits and finches from one side of the field to the other, barely giving them a moment’s piece. The sheer wariness of the local birds means that there is little to see, not even many spotted… Continue reading 10-21.9.2019: Back to the Hornád