I've been taking pictures of the willow tree in my front garden all through the changes in the seasons, yet yesterday was the first time I noticed that there was an empty nest wrapped up within its tangled branches.
I do remember seeing a little brown bird that hopped about on top of the tree when it was in leaf and the weather was warm last year. The bird would disappear into the centre of the tree, and I wondered whether there was a nest in there.
Without the foliage I was able to get a real close-up of the inside of the nest….
And even a birds-eye view of what the chicks would have seen when they looked up…..
Except, of course, that they would have been looking up through a green canopy, and this would have filtered the light.
I wonder if they'll come back again this year.
Isn't it amazing how they can hide them from us! I am always surprised when the leaves fall and I see how close to me they were living.
This is a great shot.