A work colleagues' mother has a front row seat on a blackbird nest at the moment, she gives daily reports and lessons on cat deterrant! The parents are going batty feeding and the youngsters are about a week out of the egg.

Oddly enough, one of lifes' unanswered questions was 'why do you never see baby pigeons'.... well I saw some youngsters on Sat last, and they are even more disgusting than their parents. They are skinnier, scruffier, grey and mottled, look like they should be wearing leather jackets and DA haircuts. I swear one had a cigarette in its beak... they strut around imitating their parents but then spoil the effect by bothering their mothers to regurgitate in public and feed them (incidentally, this is also part of the courtship ritual, the male gets the female to regurgitate and feed him, then he hops on and a second later off again..... so much for getting him to buy you dinner first!).

I would rather have a nice rat over a pigeon any day!

LTS