Only a week or two ago Sam was asking whether the nearly tame pair of mallards who used to visit us were still around, or if they'd gone away. It was a tricky question, as Sam is quite sensitive to keeping things stable and secure, especially where any kind of emotional bond has developed....and we really used to love the way the ducks (the man's called Crispy and his missus is Pancake) came waddling up to the windows of the flat hustling for food.Yesterday they came back, hoorah! Sam wasn't here so I snapped them on the mobile phone's camera and sent the pic to his mum's phone....apparently he was very excited! Today after school I spotted them outside again, so Sam was able to re-acquaint himself personally with his inappropriately named chums. They're a nice old couple and amble to within a metre or so for their bread. Occasionally Sam's been able to feed them straight from his hand. Welcome back, duck dudes!
Equally amazing was another return visitor, spotted this very morn. I keep a record of the first visit, and also the most recent visit, of all the varieties of birds we see here. This morning I had a fancy to see which one we hadn't seen for the longest time - it was the bullfinch, last spotted in May 2008. Unsettlingly, an hour later I glanced up from my Weetabix and there was was a huge, bright red blob of colour sitting outside - a bullfinch! Not just the male, he had his moll with him too. I took the picture below, which is a bit rubbish as the camera was zoomed to the max. Welcome back bullfinch dudes!
So it's a lovely time for reunions at the moment. Sam and I celebrated by wolfing down the new, favourite meal, the home made meatballs and spaghetti.
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