The parakeets have discovered our sunflowers. It was only a matter of time before they landed on the heavy nodding heads and bent their necks to peck out the seeds. A parakeet's bill is well suited to shredding sunflower seeds. First peck the whole seed out of the flowerhead and then extract the kernel from the case, letting the empty husks fall to the ground. This is the closest I have come to these greedy green birds. They normally scream overhead through the trees but do not roost on the plot. Now they feast here and leave a litter of petals and broken bits beneath them.
Meanwhile I am harvesting the stuff we have grown for ourselves: beans and the thinnings of cabbage which is starting to heart up, late in the season, and Bramley cooking apples.
It has been a hard year, but there is enough for us and plenty for the birds of the air.
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