It's finally spring in Finland. Most of the snow has melted away and there have been multiple nights when the temperature hasn't gone below 0 degrees Celsius. So life is starting to look good.
I was starting my coal grill by using a charcoal chimney. I've always thought smoke is beautiful so I tried to take a few quick shots of the smoke while being outside.
My real goal was to get some photos of the bird I had seen entering the (now cleaned) birdhouse!
So I tried to get as close as I thought was appropriate and waited.
I heard some sound from the tree nearby and saw a bird there. It was a blue tit, carrying something in it's mouth. I knew it was carrying it in it's mouth as the leaves were moving as the bird turned it's head.
It was probably carrying materials to build the nest in the birdhouse!
So at least one of the birdhouses has a bird living there. A beautiful blue tit, hopefully building it's nest in the birdhouse with great success.
Then another thing I noticed was a butterfly. It was flying a bit oddly, but landed on the wall. When I zoomed on it with my camera, it looked pretty damaged. A ragged butterfly.
No idea what happened. No idea what could had happened to it. But I'm glad it was alive.
After a long winter, the spring is very very welcome here. Leaving the darkness and the cold behind, we have some amazing months ahead of us.
Be very prepared for some bird photos :)
Let the tits come!