<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/pigeonmay16.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-3347 alignright" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/pigeonmay16-200x133.jpg" alt="pigeon(may16)" width="200" height="133" /></a>It's strange how days can take a turn into the bizarre. Today was a bird day. It started when Dave noticed Maisie stalking a baby pigeon that had fallen out of a nest somewhere. I went out to help rescue the poor (and very ugly) bird, heaven knows why because wood pigeons are a real nuisance on the site. Once I caught the bird and not being able to find the nest I stuck it into the crux of a tree. When I walked back to the house I found, having left the front door open a robin had flown into the atrium and couldn't find its way out. Another rescue operation swung into action and more by chance the robin eventually found its way out.

<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/rook-birdbathmay16.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3348" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/rook-birdbathmay16-200x150.jpg" alt="rook-birdbath(may16)" width="200" height="150" /></a>During the day I saw a swift and a swallow so summer is on its way. Finally my bird day ended with a large rook drinking from the bird bath and then hopping down into the veg patch to dig out the sweet corn seeds. I gave it short shrift and noted that I might have to get some covers out to protect my newly sown crops.