I was on my way home from the allotment (Wednesday’s summer’s evening before the big chill reverse) when I spotted the starlings. These once common garden birds are a rare sight nowadays, and this is a newish colony that seems to have established itself at the north end of the town. I know for a fact that they go every day to a chum’s garden for their elevenses and try to eat all the bird food she puts out. Later in the day I see them around the gardens that border the field path to the allotment. On Wednesday they had gathered on the power lines and were singing away, darting from wire to wire, for all the world like moving musical notes. They made me laugh. Next time if they repeat the performance, I’ll try to film them. For now a couple more bright-spark shots of them.
Tish Farrell 
I read some where once that the music notes they represent really do sound nice and make music.
I can go with that, Beverly.
oh you are so right they do look like musical notes – aren’t they clever birds.
We have a foursome who visit at the end of each day to have a bath, the water goes everywhere so usually a few minutes after or first thing the following morning I am having to top the bird bath up again. They have me so well trained!
Clever birds!
…like a bird on the wire..
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Like a bird on the wire x many 🤗💕
🙂 🙂
How wonderful – and so beautiful in your photos, against the clear blue sky!
It was a clear sky. And another one today, but with icy wind.
I love birds, but every time I see them on wires I wonder if one is Alfred Hitchcock in his second life… 🙂
Ha! I feel he would be a bird of the stoutish variety, which rather makes me think of penguins 🙂
Ours seem to have disappeared now. We have quite large groups throughout winter.
Oh, so that’s where they all go! I think there are also parts of North Shropshire where they gather in winter and put on spectacular murmurations.
Yesterday there was a big swarm of them, swirling to and fro in the air. They do fly like bee swarms. Beautiful birds, I wish people would stop eating them as I hear they still do in Europo somewhere.
Starling murmurations are a sight to behold. I remember seeing them flock like that over the seafront in Brighton, setting sun and the burned out skeleton of the old Victorian West Pier as a backdrop. A touch of Edgar Allan Poe. But beautiful too.
Good painting in words, Tish – I can see them!
That makes me smile, Tish. I always wonder how birds choose which wires to use for seating as they often congregate on a few, leaving plenty others empty.
janet
Yes, that is puzzling. Also different species seem to choose the same segments of wire. On other days I’ve seen pigeons in the starling spot. Must be a good view of something or other.
In the Autumn we get lots of them feeding on my grapes
Now that would be most annoying!
A bird on a wire sets all heaven on fire! (Forgive me Blake, I know not what I do!)
A fine image, James. Always have time for Blake.