common blackbird

come and sing a simple song of freedom take care of you all!

Looking at this for too long makes me feel slightly ill, but it'll do for SF... Thank you for your kind comments on my pictures, and good birding! John

Thank you for your kind comments on my pictures, and good birding! John

Common blackbird looking for food

Male bird. Thank you for your kind comments on my pictures, and good birding! John

And European Blackbirds???? And both House and Tree Sparrows???? The first birds I saw were all introduced species brought there by homesick settlers, now thriving since the settlers also reshaped much of the landscape from native scrub to lawns, heavily grazed meadows, monoculture grain fields...

Heavy crop of a fairly distant bird. Thanks to all for their good wishes yesterday, much appreciated (thought I might be away from BF for a few weeks again, but it turned out I'm more or less OK). Thank you for your kind comments on my pictures, and good birding! John

Just outside my old address veranda, I wish I had the same arrangement here now!!

baby feeding time in our garden again

collecting worms for her babies in one of our trees

Common Blackbird. Poland, 2012-02-12

Tea Time