{"id":5311,"date":"2018-05-13T14:58:45","date_gmt":"2018-05-13T12:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/art-is-freedom.com\/?page_id=5311"},"modified":"2025-03-28T21:44:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T20:44:47","slug":"garden-inhabitants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/art-is-freedom.com\/?page_id=5311","title":{"rendered":"Garden inhabitants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year (2018) I made new friends in our garden&#8230;a couple of blackbirds<\/p>\n<p>I started feeding them with earthworms from our compost. Every few minutes they got a shovel of compost.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5302\" style=\"width: 3274px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5302\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5302 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/art-is-freedom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSC08936.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/art-is-freedom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSC08936.jpg 3264w, https:\/\/art-is-freedom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSC08936-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/art-is-freedom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSC08936-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/art-is-freedom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSC08936-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3264px) 100vw, 3264px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5302\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blackbird<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5301\" style=\"width: 3274px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5301\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5301 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/art-is-freedom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSC08945.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/art-is-freedom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSC08945.jpg 3264w, https:\/\/art-is-freedom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSC08945-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/art-is-freedom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSC08945-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/art-is-freedom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSC08945-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3264px) 100vw, 3264px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5301\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blackbird<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Their nest was at a distance of just 5m beeline.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5303\" style=\"width: 1813px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5303\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5303 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/art-is-freedom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Nest2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1803\" height=\"1284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/art-is-freedom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Nest2.jpg 1803w, https:\/\/art-is-freedom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Nest2-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/art-is-freedom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Nest2-768x547.jpg 768w, https:\/\/art-is-freedom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Nest2-1024x729.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1803px) 100vw, 1803px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5303\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blackbird chick<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After a few days they lost their shy, and they came closer and closer up to approx.. 1 meter.<\/p>\n<p>When they emptied the tub, and I was in the garden, at least the male blackbird was looking for me and picked me up to renew the compost with fresh earthworms. The female blackbird is more shy&#8230;so for the next pictures I couldn&#8217;t get closer.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5321\" style=\"width: 2140px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5321\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5321\" src=\"http:\/\/art-is-freedom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSC08954.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2130\" height=\"1598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/art-is-freedom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSC08954.jpg 3264w, https:\/\/art-is-freedom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSC08954-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/art-is-freedom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSC08954-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/art-is-freedom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSC08954-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2130px) 100vw, 2130px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5321\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blackbird couple<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5320\" style=\"width: 2151px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5320\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5320\" src=\"http:\/\/art-is-freedom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSC08956.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2141\" height=\"1606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/art-is-freedom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSC08956.jpg 3264w, https:\/\/art-is-freedom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSC08956-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/art-is-freedom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSC08956-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/art-is-freedom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSC08956-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2141px) 100vw, 2141px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5320\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blackbird couple<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5324\" style=\"width: 2458px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5324\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5324 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/art-is-freedom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSC08967-e1526757448613.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2448\" height=\"3264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/art-is-freedom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSC08967-e1526757448613.jpg 2448w, https:\/\/art-is-freedom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSC08967-e1526757448613-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/art-is-freedom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSC08967-e1526757448613-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2448px) 100vw, 2448px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5324\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blackbird singing<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It was really a pleasure to build this kind of relationship.<\/p>\n<p>By the way, this was not the first year to have this couple of blackbirds as guests in our garden, but the first time that I offered them this kind of support.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, one day the young blackbirds left the nest:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5358\" style=\"width: 3274px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5358\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5358 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/art-is-freedom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DSC09024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/art-is-freedom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DSC09024.jpg 3264w, https:\/\/art-is-freedom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DSC09024-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/art-is-freedom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DSC09024-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/art-is-freedom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DSC09024-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3264px) 100vw, 3264px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5358\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Feed me !!!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5419\" style=\"width: 3274px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5419\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5419\" src=\"https:\/\/art-is-freedom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC07553.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/art-is-freedom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC07553.jpg 3264w, https:\/\/art-is-freedom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC07553-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/art-is-freedom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC07553-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/art-is-freedom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC07553-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3264px) 100vw, 3264px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5419\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">starling invasion<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year (2018) I made new friends in our garden&#8230;a couple of blackbirds I started feeding them with earthworms from our compost. Every few minutes they got a shovel of compost. Their nest was at a distance of just 5m beeline. After a few days they lost their shy, and they came closer and closer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/art-is-freedom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5311"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/art-is-freedom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/art-is-freedom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/art-is-freedom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/art-is-freedom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5311"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/art-is-freedom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11962,"href":"https:\/\/art-is-freedom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5311\/revisions\/11962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/art-is-freedom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}