I've seen some beautiful blips of birds since joining but I'm not sure I've seen anyone capture this rare breed before! 

The 'canaries' are housed in a little park on my way home from work. I'd heard that they'd been installed in 2010 as part of the Irwell Sculpture Trail. To commemorate 121 years of the park's existence, 121 canaries were made to fill the park and the surrounding area.

The canary was chosen because the park once housed an aviary of exotic birds. They are made from iron and covered with vitreous enamel which has obviously now seen better days! The birds are red, purple, orange and yellow and apparently represent the colours of the sweets once produced by the Hall's factory which stood opposite the park.

Quote for today:
The smell of that buttered toast simply spoke to Toad, and with no uncertain voice; talked of warm kitchens, of breakfasts on bright frosty mornings, of cozy parlour firesides on winter evenings, when one's ramble was over and slippered feet were propped on the fender; of the purring of contented cats and the twitter of sleepy canaries.
- Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows