Birdsong

[Borchester]

So quiet here today in the back garden I could heard birdsong including in the distance a Cuckoo. (Not heard one of those for years here, other than on BBC Parliament.)

Nor from the royals, now that Prince Harry has legged it to Los Angeles.  



But I have to agree with you that it is good to hear the wildlife. I was at the allotment yesterday and Hon Sec was being her usual pain in the arse about this bug that is doing the rounds. She had shut the allotment shop, banned bonfires and wanted us to wash our hands and no end of other goody goody crap. So we explained that  what with heart attacks, triple bypasses, tin knees, cancer treatment, alcoholism and terminal old age, most of us did not have time for this new fangled Chinese flu and that we would be obliged if she would stop spreading alarm and despondency which, she should know by now, was the media's job.



It was the usual kerfuffle and was a direct result of electing the village idiot to the job because no one else wanted it, but it still made for a poor start to the day. And then I started turning over a new bed and the robins pitched up and gave me that crack on, we want our lunch look and Limpy the Fox creaked over to see if there was anything for him and one way and another it made for quite a cheery outing.

[Barry]

There's no foundry smell in the air at the moment.

I love the birds. In our garden this morning, I saw blackbirds, sparrows, blue tits, gulls, crows, magpies, pigeons, starlings, and a very large squirrelbird trying to eat the nuts!

They are all busy nesting.

[papasmurf]

So quiet here today in the back garden I could heard birdsong including in the distance a Cuckoo. (Not heard one of those for years here, other than on BBC Parliament.)