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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

A colourful visitor to the front door.

He left very quickly , when he spotted me so this was the best picture that I managed to take of him.
Was he trying to get some of the windfalls?
This is a Spartan apple tree that we use as the pollinator for our best cropping tree. I tend to leave these apples for the birds. The late butterflies glut themselves on rotting apples too.

Perhaps he was trying to enter the huge fairy ring to make a wish?
This one appeared overnight. It has been a good year for fungi
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2 comments:

CHRIS said...

Hi there, nice to have a pheasant visit I had a magpie at my front door but a pheasant is so much more interesting. Chrisb

Rosalind said...

Do you say "Hello Mr Magpie" to him to ward off bad luck in Australia?
Is the magpie rhyme part of Australian folk lore?
"One for sorrow
Two for joy
Three for a girl
Four for a boy
Five for silver
Six for gold
Seven is a secret never to be told
Eight is a wish and
Nine is a kiss
Ten is a bird you must not miss"