I have two palm trees beside my deck, and I often sit on the deck and watch the too-ing and fro-ing of creatures to feed on the tree. The tree seems to have flowers and berries all the time, so there’s always a small zoo on hand.
Wasps, bees and banaquits love the flowers. They hover around all day long, except the banaquits - they seem to prefer mornings and evenings. Late in the evenings, the moths come out to feed.
Then there are the lizards that live on the trees and feed on ants and other insects that are passing by. The sparrows seems to like the berries when they first come out and are very small. And higher up the food chain are the monkeys. Up until yesterday evening, I saw two from our local troop eating the berries - I guess they are like miniature coconuts about the size of a pine nut when fully grown.
It’s just never a dull moment, and I know that other creatures must find things to eat too, but maybe they are too tiny for me to see, or just plain shy and elusive.
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