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| Scruffy the Blackbird, run ragged! |
We all have those days.
Boss is on your case.
Kids need feeding.
House looks like a tip.
Can barely snatch a moment to do the supermarket run.
Tempers fray.
No time to breathe.
Let alone put a comb through your hair.
It's that time of year again for the birds!
Scruffy the Blackbird's run ragged. Literally.
Feathers mussed up in a mad mohican.
Dragged-through-a-hedge-backwards style.
Nobody notices.
Nobody gives a flying feather!
Everybody's about their own business, grabbing all available food for their own families.
If Scruffy's lucky, he'll get a moment between foraging trips to have a bite himself.
By Summer, I won't even recognise Scruffy.
Maybe I should have given him a better name.
All those extra mealworms will have to be my apology, for now!
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| Scruffy the Blackbird rests for a second in the Lilac while Mrs S does her shift gathering baby food |
Got one called 'Boris'...spot on. Hedge backwards perfect. Iain
ReplyDeleteWe have the same in our garden this year. The blackbird has no feathers on his chest which looks red and he is very scruffy. However I now notice he is feeding young. Apparently the adults moult after breeding and this is quite common.
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