The old Crabapple tree laden with fruit in late summer... I would like to say Fall but Fall forgot to come this year...
snow came early and softened all that wonderful fruit...
yesterday and today the Cedar Waxwings came... a huge flock, chittering and tweeteling, having a feast of the little apples... they were very hard to see without a closer look, but then I saw them everywhere in amongst the branches...
as they ate being very sociable and sharing with each other, I saw and heard bits and parts of the apples falling to the ground, landing on the snow... it was littered with mushy red apple pieces....
wasn't long before the deer knew about it and joined in... different size groups came and went ... sometimes 5... sometimes 7... sometimes just a mother and a baby...
Snow began falling again this afternoon and looked so pretty... each apple with a little snow cap...
Nature...
it was beautiful to see this ecosystem happening before me and I am thankful for it.