Holly Berries Are For The Birds

Today has been a lovely day, warm but not too warm, with a   beautiful blue sky.  I decided it was too nice to stay inside, so  donned my gardening gloves and headed outside. The holly tree had shed  a kazillion  berried over the upper part of the deck, so the first order of business was to sweep them up. I filled very large pot with holly berries and leaves.

 

 What few red berries are left on the tree will be gone by tomorrow since the cedar waxwings moved in this afternoon and have been devouring berries like mad. I couldn't get a picture of their feeding frenzy today but have a  little video of them  I took on this date in  2016. 

March  31 seems to be their preferred date for the holly berry feast.  Even though the red berries  will be gone for the rest of the summer, the tree is loaded with tiny green berries, so we should have plenty of  bright red berries for decorating at Christmas.