BIRD NEWS:59

Chackie has had a child. Other than the fact it does not limp, there is little difference as yet between parent and offspring, so I call the young one Chackie too. it is currently tame enough to perch in the tree and not scoot away when it sees a 'human being'... even if it does not know what to make of our species.

& here we are back to Bubster-Pidge, peeping in at me, relaxed on his favored branch of my tree. Still trusting me enough to stay put when I place seed on the sill, rather than flying away as his family do. Maybe he has a strain of Australian show pigeon in his genes!!

As the third week of summer/June draws to a close, Bubster-Pidge greets me throughout the day - morning, noon, afternoon, and evening, without fear of me. For his trust, I am extremely grateful to him. none of his fellow wood pigeons have been this accepting of me. Maybe I once knew this bird in a previous life. Maybe it was good friend, a brother or sister, a parent, a child, a lover..... who knows what he used to be - currently he is a friend.

The trees are now full of young sparrows and greedy doves, young blackbirds and a few young starlings. Here is a shot of a group of starlings taken this week, mostly adults, in the tree down the righthand side of the yard.