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There’s a bird couple building a nest under the eaves of our house. They make a racket as they row over the quality of the materials that the male gathers for the construction. The female shows her disapproval by picking the twigs and straws in her beak and discarding them in a rather violent manner. Then she starts to chirp loudly, presumably telling off the male and demanding that he finds better ones. The male chirps back but, eventually defeated, flies off to do as he’s told. Birds are not so different from us humans after all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yesterday, as I leaned out of the bathroom window to watch one such episode, this gorgeous sunset light falling on a tree across the road caught my eye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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