Sunflowers make me happy!

Sunflowers (Helianthus annuus) is one of the flowers that really make me happy!  Maybe because they give us a bit of sunshine when the sun is not shining as much as it did a month ago.

 

Clearing of the Field

The Field was, as I have mentioned before, a lake that became wetland and a grassing area when a farmer dug ditches to allow the water to flow into a nearby lake, Svångemåla Lake.

 

When we bought our house in 1978, cows were keeping the field free of bushes but as soon as they stopped coming, trees and bushes were quickly back and sadly the field was not what it used to be. I was therefore very happy when I early one morning heard a big machine cutting down bushes and smaller trees to make way for a new fence.

 

Hopefully the field will once again be full of grassing animals. It is really impressive to see how easily one man can sit in the comfort of his cabin and cut down both small trees and big bushes using only his fingers and what looks like a joy-stick.

 

 

 


As soon as the harvester had done its job, it was time for a collector to come and gather everything into a big pile where it will stay until it is made into bio-fuel.

Blackbird vs. frog

There are a lot of young blackbirds (Turdus merula) flying around Svångemåla right now. Some of them are still learning what they can eat and what to stay away from. This one was happily chewing away on a couple of worms but decided to go for something a bit bigger, a frog. Big mistake! The frog put up a fight and the female blackbird had no chance.

Air show!

There are many great air shows all over the world.  Farnborough is one of the largest but I think I prefer the one in Svångemåla since it takes place almost every day during the summer :) 

This time it was two common buzzards (Buteo buteo) that tumbled around high, high up in the blue sky sounding like this http://www.fågelsång.se/ormvraak .