Reply To: Community Chat – A Place for Weary Flingers

One of my customers came to the door today sporting a huge cut on his forehead and bruises on his face.He said “Don’t make laugh I’ve got cracked ribs as well”.Apparently his ride on lawn mower cowped when he mowed a strip near the river.He went headlong into what he now calls his lucky boulder as he reckons but for that he might have been pinned underneath the mower at the bottom of the river.

Totally unrelated but earlier in the spring he found a fledgling starling on the ground and nurtured it successfully so that now it’s in the rudest of health.It perches on his shoulder(his shirt is always covered in bird poo) and even lands on your hand when you put it out.

The crow family and starlings in particular have always fascinated me,they seem to have more than yer average quotient of quirky characteristics.Murmeration is one of the most awesome performances in all nature in my view.I used to them at it in Edzell when the dark nights came in but not for a few years .Here’s a little taster.https://youtu.be/X0sE10zUYyY?si=DdZ_kXGJsiFvHEYA