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MKG
Sat Dec 23, 2017 7:05 pm
Every year for the past six (or seven or eight) years or so, we've had a Herman. Herman is a blackbird - OK, he's a number of blackbirds, all of whom, I'm convinced, share a lot of genetic material. The original Herman would nag us for food, run figures of eight around my feet, wait in the same spot for us to appear, and had no fear of us at all. Every year, a (new?) Herman has appeared, doing exactly the same stuff. He's already arrived this year - slightly early, so things must be not so good out in the fields. Once again, he has no fear of us at all, and has twice decided to join us in the kitchen, pecking my hands when I caught him and threw him out. Of course, his behaviour has guaranteed special treatment for him and his offspring (and, of course, we're almost necessarily already talking about his offspring).
I'm awarding Herman an A-level in human manipulation and parental imitation.
The secret of life is to aim below the head (With thanks to MMM)