It was a sunny day, not too warm, but not to worry, it was nice enough...

I walked across a park, not necessarily the shortest path between two buildings, ha ha.

About halfway across the park it occurred to me that I was out in the open...

Exposed...

Vulnerable...

Not in an agoraphobic sense, so much, as a "Where's the magpie...?" sense, ha ha.

There's too much open, grassy area for there not to be a magpie...

And there was, ha ha.

Thankfully it turned out to be one of those friendly magpies, the kind that stare at you, bug in beak, then swallow the bug and hurry over to see what you've got...

A little bag of sunflower kernels, in the pack... I knew I put it there for a reason... ha ha.

Being a park dwelling magpie it's used to a fair variety of foodstuffs, so sunflower kernels weren't entirely alien to it.

"New...Different... Not bad...", ha ha.

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Evidence of the evils of daylight saving -

If you leave Guinness out in the sun too long, it fades...

Ha ha...

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It's been one of those days...

I know I must have achieved a fair amount, because I wouldn't feel this tired, otherwise, ha ha.

I can't say, in all fairness, that playing dunk the bread in the bird bath with the crow is that strenuous, ha ha.

He can hop down onto the ground, pick up two pieces of bread and then dunk them in the bird bath, but I'm only allowed to throw one piece at a time...

That's because he's the crow...

There's a danger in letting animals set the rules for their games, they're always skewed in their favour...ha ha.

I forgot to ask him before he went - if it's a Parliament of crows, what are baby crows called? Crowlets? Crowlings? Chicks? Honourable members? ha ha.

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Sorry ecar....it's a Parliament of owls.  For crows, it's a murder!!

Hmmmm maybe baby crows could be called juvenile delinquents.....or juvies?

*A 'GAGGLE' OF GEESE*

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What a beautiful cat,  it seems to know that something really important to it is there.

That's an amazing story.

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