Thursday, 25 June 2009
Strafed by a swift!
We are lucky in having a large group of swifts hunting in the skies above our street. As I was walking home this morning, one swooped so close that it almost brushed my hair. I could feel the draught as it whizzed over my head... and vanished under the eaves of a house where it must be nesting. It was a thrilling experience to witness the power and agility of this bird so close at hand.
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Just as well you hadn't recently watched Hitchcock's 'The Birds' as I had when a blackbird did that to me. I nearly jumped out of my skin!
I bet you did. Good job it didn't peck off your nose - or maybe you weren't in the garden hanging out the clothes!
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