When we're feeding the hens a row of birds from crows down to the wagtails and wrens sit along the chain link fence waiting to swoop down and share breakfast. It is almost impossible to get a photo of them since they fly away as soon as we move amongst the hens.
However the bird table made by a friends son some years ago (thank you Lukas) has come into its own, and it didn't take the birds long to discover the feeders once they were tied on.
Other birds wait on the ground to pick up any bits that are dropped.
Our native birds are perhaps not as colourful as some from warmer countries but most birds remind me of this poem by Bai JuYi. It's one of my favourites.
The Red Cockatoo
Sent as a present from Annam—
A red cockatoo.
Colored like the peach-tree blossom,
Speaking with the speech of men.
And they did to it what is always done
To the learned and eloquent.
They took a cage with stout bars
And shut it up inside
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