{"id":38690,"date":"2024-07-14T14:06:45","date_gmt":"2024-07-14T14:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=38690"},"modified":"2024-07-14T14:06:45","modified_gmt":"2024-07-14T14:06:45","slug":"what-does-this-remind-you-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=38690","title":{"rendered":"What does this remind you of!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We have had a fledgling blackbird in the garden for a while. It spends a lot of time around the strawberries and raspberries. It lets us get quite close to it and I have been dropping any squashed or damaged fruit in front of it. We have also seen it help itself to fruit from the plants too.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday it was sunning itself on the path between the strawberries and raspberries. It so reminded me of the chickens sunning themselves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I went inside for my camera. I started clicking while gradually moving closer to it. I got within a couple of feet before it flitted away. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/young-blackbird-sunning-itself.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/young-blackbird-sunning-itself.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/young-blackbird-sunning-itself.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/young-blackbird-sunning-itself-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/young-blackbird-sunning-itself-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Young blackbird sunning itself<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/i-am-getting-closer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/i-am-getting-closer.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/i-am-getting-closer.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/i-am-getting-closer-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/i-am-getting-closer-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>I am getting closer to it<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/as-close-as-i-could-get.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/as-close-as-i-could-get.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/as-close-as-i-could-get.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/as-close-as-i-could-get-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/as-close-as-i-could-get-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>As close as I could get<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It has been lovely having this bird get so close to us. We don&#8217;t mind it taking a few of our fruits. There have been plenty enough to share. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have had a fledgling blackbird in the garden for a while. It spends a lot of time around the strawberries and raspberries. 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