Birds again

[erastes]

My front garden is full of birdies. They are getting used to me sitting here at the PC and they take little notice of me except if I move quickly or pull the curtains. Today I have a mob of starlings, coaltits, bluetits, sparrows, my robin and several blackbirds of both sexes which surprises me as I thought they were as territorial as robins. Perhaps they are all from the same clutch, or perhaps they are all just too hungry to care. Eat the pyrocantha berries you lumps! Seeds don't grow on bushes, you know!

Some chap on the radio explained why - if you feed the birds you have to continue to feed them. Apparently the smaller birds particularly can lose a third of their bodyweight overnight(!) keeping warm (why can't we do this - think of what a great slimming club it would make!) and if there's no food for them where they know it should be, they often don't have the strength to find a new source! Talk about guilt trip!!!! *runs out to fill up the feeders*