Crow show

I know this is long, but I was excited to see Diva steal Divo's cache and seem to hide some of his food in a new place. It was also interesting to capture Divo's pigeon deterrence. It looks like it could be injurious, but that pigeon is a smart cookie and waited it out.

When I go to the park, it's not just the crows who recognise me. There's a robin who asks for food, the pigeons watch me and fly to perch above me and the gulls swarm around me. They can all recognise individual humans - this is, I must add, before I have started delivering food. It's ME they recognise, not the act of throwing out peanuts. I feel self-conscious walking around the park with crows cawing at me and gulls circling my head and following in my wake.

I haven't seen the squirrels on the last couple of visits, mind. And, I recalled the other day, that the kestrel disappeared again after only a few months hanging round the park. Kites regularly circle - today a crow was chasing one. The starlings was calling in their large flock at the top of the line of lime trees. I didn't see the thrushes. There have been four.