Our plum tree is loaded this year and the fruit is huge! I've been waiting for them to ripen and noticed that they were turning yellow. "Oh my gosh", I thought, "they are going bad before we ever get to pick them". I didn't know, but found out later that the yellow ones are the ripe ones. HaHa! Steep learning curve, here, apparently.
I'm going to apologize now for the poor quality of the photos below, but I was in a hurry to capture the moment and they ended up being sort of blurry.
Anyway, it appears that our feathered friends know better than me. This blackbird
had a hankering for some sweet fruit. He picked up a plum from the ground and took it over to the side walk and dropped it there. Now mind you, the front yard and sidewalk slopes down towards the lake.
So, when he dropped the plum it rolled. He trotted after it, grabbed it and dropped it back on the sidewalk in a different spot....and, it rolled again. It was so funny!
So then, he would hold it with one of his feet in order to get a bite and once he let go, it would roll again. HaHa!
Finally, he said to heck with this and picked up the plum and flew into the tree. I guess his learning curve wasn't as steep as mine.
In the end, he got his fill of the sweet plum and learned a valuable lesson....round plums roll down sloping sidewalks, so just go ahead and take it to the tree.
Laurie
