Birdy Bits

Have just spent rather a long time inside on Their bedroom windowsill. The weather is to blame: Wetter, windier and wilder than Myself has known it to be for some appreciable time. Comfortably watched the 3 sister Witches of Elsinor, then another and another until there were at least 10 Fredettes in My garden - They come in every morning for food but today turned left at the juniper bush and hid underneath. (Must have been very crowded by the end.) The last one was late and in a hurry. Obviously had its eyes closed as it didn't see the hose pipe and tripped up. Turned a wet feathery somersault and rolled to a halt. Shook itself and joined its sisters under the bush.

It was Too Much for the blackbird which came out in high dudgeon. (Can't say Myself blames it - Being surrounded and eyeballed by 10 Fredettes as you are quietly sitting on your nest on a low branch must be considerably disconcerting.)

That daft collared dove even tried perching on the weather vane. Like a fairground ride it went one way then the other, flapping crazily and was eventually tipped off by a stronger-than-usual gust and blown away.

I bet He doesn't let Our chickens out today.