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It's come to my attention that it's now spring, and there's magpies looking to nest in the tree out the front. Right outside the door. This is going to be... interesting.
Continuing this theme of change in my little corner of the world, a shrubbery from near a bus stop near home has somehow vanished. It looks like the Kinghts Who Say Ecky-ecky-ecky-ecky p'kang-zoop-boing! Goodem-zoo-owli-zhiv got their second shrubbery after all.
And I got a copy of Across the Wall today, because I just randomly saw it in a bookshop and pounced. And got a slightly unnerved stare from their employee, who doesn't seem to be fond of tall people who dive into the sci-fi section and come out all fangirl-bouncy seconds later. Yay for Mr Nix.
Continuing this theme of change in my little corner of the world, a shrubbery from near a bus stop near home has somehow vanished. It looks like the Kinghts Who Say Ecky-ecky-ecky-ecky p'kang-zoop-boing! Goodem-zoo-owli-zhiv got their second shrubbery after all.
And I got a copy of Across the Wall today, because I just randomly saw it in a bookshop and pounced. And got a slightly unnerved stare from their employee, who doesn't seem to be fond of tall people who dive into the sci-fi section and come out all fangirl-bouncy seconds later. Yay for Mr Nix.
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Date: 2005-09-01 09:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-01 09:51 am (UTC)What you get in Spring is the male magpies' reproductive organs increasing to something like four times their normal size. This comes with an increase in hormone levels, making for aggressive and territorial magpies. Aggressive and territorial magpies tend to attack things that aren't actually threatening them, either on general principle or because the extra weight overbalances them and flying at peoples' heads is just a way of pulling out of a dangerous fall. This comes with pointy beaks that leave wounds that have an astoundingly high chance of getting infected.
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Date: 2005-09-01 10:09 am (UTC)We have them all over and I collect the feathers when I find them on the ground.. yay!
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Date: 2005-09-07 05:59 am (UTC)