Three days ago we were admiring our holly tree in front of the house, this year a magnicient display of berries. Two days ago I was lying in bed(I'm a musician, lying in bed is my hobby)looking at the trees out of the back, and there were a lot of redwings capering about in the top of a big damson tree right outside our bedroom window(this is in England, by the way. I think American redwings may be a different bird).. So we were speculating what they were up to, they kept flying off and coming back. Thought they might be en route somewhere, and stopped to eat our hawthorn berries.Anyway, this morning I looked out the back, and no sign of any redwings this time. So, after lunch, I went out with the long loppers to cut some nice holly to make a wreath, and guess what? Not a berry left on the tree. The redwings have had every single one. Pretty impressive, eh?
    I'm not a bird watcher: anybody know where the redwings come from, and where they go? They don't live round here, we only see them once in a blue moon, they turn up for a day or two, and then off they go again.
    I don't begrudge them a square meal in the cold weather on their travels, but they might have left me enough for a wreath for my door!And, incidentally, Kerry Mills' Redwing is a great tune.