Battered blackbird

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Poor Elgar. The first tick has dropped off, but now he has another above his left eye & a possible third coming underneath his beak. It's so warm at nights but very wet, lots of heavy dew comes down, so perfect temperature for ticks & as birds are not at their best at the moment they really do suffer. But he's eating well, still a greedy so & so! ;)

Elgar feathery xxx's