A pair of scouts landed.

Red-winged Starlings, and they checked on the progress of the berries.

No doubt that they will report back to the bigger flock about the berry status.

Last season, we had more than 50 starlings that landed to gorge on the ripe berries, and as you can see, the berries are still green. In a couple of days, or in a weeks' time they will be ready and that tree is going to get very busy with several bird species joining in at nature's food market. The only difference is that it all is for free, and not like our human markets where one has to pay. Nature was designed to feed its wild residents and nothing goes to waste.

They are Red-winged Starlings (Onychognathus morio) and in Wikipedia you can see a very comprehensive article about the birds.

An inquisitive ring-neck dove also landed to see what the starlings were looking at.

In the meantime, the starlings moved down into the road, and the male caught something, but I couldn't make out what it was in this picture below.

Bang! The starling hit the jackpot, as it was a big roach.

We have many big cockroaches that live on the riverbanks, and the starlings are the pest controllers. Lol.

I will end the post with some sky views.

A much cooler day as the clouds covered the sun for most of the day.

Here's a close up of the sun picture above.

Finally, every now and then some blue spots appeared later on.

In fact, nature doesn't only feed the land based wild residents, but also the ones in the sea.

And then at the sunset the sky was clear, with a gentle cool wind dictating the temperatures. After the heat, it felt like a real blessing with the lower temperature, and we could breathe the salty ocean air. I wonder if the salt could age one's face, as my face is starting to look like a road map, wrinkles and creases all over now. The locals make a delicacy called "Bokkoms", and it is mostly fish that are hung out to dry in the sun and the sea air. We have had a taste of it a few times, but it is too salty for my taste.

I like the fresh catches of yellow-tail and also tuna that the boat fishermen bring in, as to me there is nothing better than fresh fish. Red Romans, and other fish species are also part of the catches, as well as octopus and some other exotic species. They have a space at the wharf, where the fish are cleaned and placed out on tables for the public to buy. Seagulls arrive in large quantities when the fish cleaners drop the fish innards back into the sea, and the noise that the birds make sounds like an ocean orchestra.
Such is life.

I hope that you liked the pictures and the story.

Photos by Zac Smith. All-Rights-Reserved.

Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.

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