Sunday, July 4, 2010

The sun is moving away from us

I took this photo on July 5th 2009, exactly one year ago.

More than 2 weeks have passed since the Summer Solstice now. The sun is moving away from us slowly but steadily. It is not strong enough to illuminate the forest floor even at the hours it comes in from sideways.

Song birds are almost all gone by now. Even resident birds, particularly the small-sized ones, leave the area temporarily to find food in the areas where there's more light and thus more food.

Now the forest is the realm of woodpeckers, squirrels, wasps and summer butterflies.

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