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Sunday, September 6, 2015

Invasion of the Grape Snatchers

     My husband is an early riser. In the nice weather he likes to take his morning coffee out on the patio and watch the day unfold. Watching and listening to the birds start the morning is particularly enjoyable. The other day when I got up he told me there was quite a ruckus going on in the grape arbor. The purple grapes (Valiant) are ripening and the word evidently went out to all the robins in the area. 


The grape vines frame the entrance to our herb garden

This is looking from the other side

      The robins were flying in and out of the grape vines. We think there were about 15 or so. You couldn't always see them but the leaves were rustling like they were alive. There was also a lot of squawking going on. My husband said he even saw one robin take a grape away from another and fly off.


This one seems to be waiting her chance to get some grapes, or maybe she's trying to chat with the mama goose?

These guys are looking with a covetous eye

Here's what the grapes look like up close. They make a wonderful jelly. 

Here's what they look like after the invasion

           You can see a bunch of grapes above this ones head. I doubt they                 will be there long. 

Here's a young robin waiting his chance


     As I mentioned before the grapes make a wonderful jelly. Fortunately I still have some from when I made jelly a couple years ago. I won't be fighting the robins for grapes this year. I'm not too sure I would win anyway. 

This picture, taken several years ago, shows some of our harvest. 

                     This little guy just happened to be hanging out when I                           was taking pictures of the robins.



A thought to ponder: "The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best"


9 comments:

  1. Awwww, what a sweet post. I'll have to share this with my sweet mom who is another bird lover. Thank you for a delightful visit via the Grand Social.

    Kaye
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  2. Your grape arbor is gorgeous! We had a beautiful one at our previous home and the birds would strip it dry just like that. I enjoyed watching them, but wished they'd have left a few for me. :) Thanks for sharing with SYC.
    hugs,
    Jann

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  3. Hi Jackie, just hopping back to let you know that I am featuring you at SYC this week.
    hugs,
    Jann

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  4. The grape vine looks so beautiful !
    We had on ( 2 houses ago ) and I can remember vividly the birds filling up on them ( and leaving streaks of purple on our windshields in the driveway LOL )
    We even caught a neighbor once cutting the actual leaves for a recipe LOLOL !!!
    Love this post - thanks for sharing !

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    1. Thanks for stopping by, glad you enjoyed the post. Our vines are in the backyard, so safe from neighbors, but not the birds.

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  5. The grape vine looks so beautiful !
    We had on ( 2 houses ago ) and I can remember vividly the birds filling up on them ( and leaving streaks of purple on our windshields in the driveway LOL )
    We even caught a neighbor once cutting the actual leaves for a recipe LOLOL !!!
    Love this post - thanks for sharing !

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  6. Found your blog at Jann's. I loved all your wonderful pictures. Blessings, xoxo,Susie

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  7. Oh I would love to have coffee and watch the robins in your arbor! Delightful. I'm your newest follower.

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    1. Thank you for stopping by. I'm glad you enjoyed the post and thanks for becoming a follower.

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