Yesterday I showed you an extensive list of things you could do indoors with the wispiest of associations with birds. And smashing ideas they indeed were ..... And so as to actually have a go at them, I started off with that one about " how many depictions of birds have you got in your house in full view where you can see'em ?" And I've just "done it" for our living room. There were quite a few, to put it mildly.... Black Stork 2 Curlew 1 Oystercatchers 7 Swallow 3 Herring Gulls 6 Domestic Geese 12 Lesser Spot 2 ( one hanging from the ceiling) Er.... don't know 7 ( a surprisingly low figure) Duckling 1 Mallard 1 Chicken 3 Puffin 9 Golden Plover 2 Gt. Spot 1 Blue Tit 1 Brambling 1 Kingfisher 4 Peregrine 1 Black-winged Stilt 1 Black Kite 1 ( Drawing-pinned on the ceiling for 40 years) Toucan sp 2 Toucan other sp 1 Goose sp 9 Canada Goose 10 LBB Gull 6 B H Gull 1 Swallow 2 GRAND TOTAL 97 Not bad for one dinky room. Plus ... I got started on the "pyramid of bird books" idea ..... obviously, I got the biggest ones first, and they got me started with getting on for 1½ metres of books already..... crikey ! And crumbs as well. And there's going to be lots more big-uns up here in the attic/office ... which, by the way, is about half-tidied-up now. I've also discovered I've got at least 5 copies of Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book and 3 of his " The Big Bird Race " which have all fallen apart of course. I'm a bit worried the floorboards might collapse under what may well turn out to be 4 metres + of massive stuff, middle-sized stuff then smaller and smaller bird books grazing the ceiling. Have I seen any "real" birds recently ?... well, yes ... I ventured out for a brisk walk yesterday and there's Chiffchaffs everywhere now, and Gt. Spots banging away, and Bullfinches, Greenfinches, those 4 "dumped" Muscovy Ducks, Tortoiseshell and Peacock Butterflies , Bees, Ants.. it is indeed getting going. Come on you Willow Warblers, Sand Martins etc .... let's be 'avin you ! But does my excursion count as " essential" (?) I suspect not. I suppose I could build the book pyramid outside ... maybe....... OK ... music ..........
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