
Great spotted woodpecker, käpytikka
Old 'Åkerö' apples are maturing into sweet red-cheeked beauties. The only thing is, I don't like apples. Childhood overdose accompanied by "an apple a day keeps the doctor away" remarks from my dad. He was right, of course, but still... they were bitter and sour. If only mum could make them into baked or pie form...
Now I have an old apple tree in front of my house and its apples are relatively sweet. To top that, the tree is an old variety, valuable and pretty. I still don't get to pick them
Fortunately someone else does. Great spotted woodpecker, a young specimen, is enthusiastically picking into the juicy fruit and sampling the fruit flesh. You can nearly hear the hums of approval. And I get to admire the bird from my kitchen table. I'd call this a win-win.

The woodpecker's beak is made for pecking apples.
Käpytikka omenoiden kimpussa
Hieno näky keittiön pöydän äärestä: tikka nakuttaa kypsää Åkerö-omenaa. Kun en itse pidä omenoista, valitettavasti, on mukava huomata kuinka ne maistuvat muille! Välillä tikka nostaa pään ylös ja maiskuttelee mehua suussaan. Lakin punaisuudesta päätellen tämä tyyppi on nuori, tämän kesän poikanen. Ruoka on niin hyvää että kameran kanssa pääsi aika lähelle.



