The world as I see it.

It’s a late winter morning, and I’m watching the birds from our living room window.

Pigeons have flown in and are roosting — in a line — on the roof edge of the building across the garden from ours.  In the garden of our residence, a bird feeder is hanging from a tree branch.  The pigeons are watching it, waiting for the cafeteria to open.

A group of African green parakeets arrive and start feasting from the bird feeder.  They take turns — two or three at a time on the hanging bird feeder while the others wait in the tree. The pigeons stay on the roof edge.  Maybe pigeons and parakeets don’t like each other.

When the parakeets have eaten enough, they fly off, and the small birds arrive for their turn at the feeder.  With the parakeets safely gone, the pigeons fly down to eat the seeds that have fallen on the ground. There is definitely enough for them to eat.  The pigeons are busy running around cleaning up the fallen seeds.  There is one who seems to be a bully.

Earlier, we were watching a magpie couple as they worked on tidying up their secondary home in a tree just outside a window on the other side of our apartment.  We need to be careful about what we leave out on the balcony.  Magpies are thieves!

Crows and other birds are flying around.

In the evening, the owls will have discussions among themselves.

Mark Louis Uhrich

Maisons-Laffitte, France,  24 February 2024

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