Wild Bird Wednesday - Welcome Swallow

Unusual for autumn, this swallow is trilling away 

overhead

just like the goldfinch in spring

the swallow followed me from one end of the house to the other 

as I worked in the garden

continuing it's song and hardly missing a note

a perfect time for weeding  

and so much nicer when being serenaded.

Linking with thanks with Stuart's

Wild Bird Wednesday

Wild Bird Wednesday & Nature Notes - On a Cold and Foggy Morning . . .

A cold and foggy morning 

comforting to look out at from a warm and cosy bed

but not so nice for little birds with clammy feathers

their shoulders hunched up

seeking the first rays of the thin yet

warming winter sun

as I was giving my dog his morning brushing massage,

a flock of about 10-12 welcome swallows,

Hirunda neoxena,

 flew in and spread themselves on my pergola

some eight feet from us

they were there again the next morning as I 

left my room to groom the dog

they even let me walk to the front of the pergola

to photograph them in better light

just quietly meditating with the rising sun . . .

So comforting to have the birds come and companion sit.

Linking with Stewart's

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and 

Michelle's Nature Notes

World Bird Wednesday & Nature Notes - Aftermath of Christmas

How could anyone, ANYONE, think I wanted a 

frying pan for Christmas????

What about a holiday, a diamond bracelet? Huh? 

A b..... frying pan!!!

Well, who do you think wants a dressing gown??

I wanted golf clubs!

Huh, another happy holiday!

I hope you all did better than these two Welcome Swallows!

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