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Emoji has been changed because it's bird day!
My bird appreciation of the day is that dove that I thought was an owl (sorry bird peeps, I can't remember the sub-species or whatever the breed categorisation is called). It's been tricking me for YEARS into thinking it was some kind of broken owl. Cheeky bloody bugger
My favourite bird award goes to the magpie. Whatever sub-species we have in melbs. They can be aggressive, but they also have the capability of learning who is a friendly and doesn't need a swoop. They're remarkably smart for birds imo, and also fairly friendly once there's a bit of a rapport. Love ya maggies!
(Yeah, I know bird day mostly seems to be cantered towards the yanks. But we have some very fine birds, too, and they deserve a bit of love as well!)
I had a lovely chat with a magpie today, they're extremely friendly in my area. He was sitting on a low fence and I asked if he'd been in a fight because some of his neck feathers looked a bit shit, he seemed okay though.
I always stop and say hello to the magpies ๐