Took the Ally dawg for a wander tonight while I was waiting for my pizza to cook.

We got to one spot in the park and I could hear the birds making a lot of noise. I was busily looking at and touching the flower.

So didn’t really notice until I finished taking my photos and realised that there were 3 magpies screeching at us. Ally was very quiet and subdued. Unlike her in the park, she was not sniffing around and checking out the park. She had her tail down and her ears down.

I started to photograph the birds and realised that one was just a young one and the parents were busily protecting their offspring.

I was allowed to go close enough to the baby to photograph, but I suspect if I had moved suddenly or done anything that looked dangerous, both parents would have attacked me.

As we moved away from where they were, I presume close to their nest, the noise died down, the dog became more animated and was quite happy.

Madeleine

Saturday, 8 March 2008