Mealtime Contortions

'What did your mother tell you about sitting up at the table ?"

"I don't think she meant holding on for grim death"

"They say we're a dying breed"

Not in my front garden, they are not, where on one occasion a couple of years ago I counted no less than thirty starlings running around under the bird feeder. This attempt to use the bird feeder direct only seems to oocur among immature starlings presumably before they get too big. I hope this one has not injured its wing in its desperation to get at the food. Surprisingly they do not seem to scare off other smaller birds, so I guess its a matter of live and let live.