Cheeky bird!

Took a detour to my seagull-dominated duck pond today. No sooner had I pulled up and cut the engine than the first of the scavengers arrived and landed on my bonnet. They've never been this brazen before, but before I knew it there were about half a dozen of them skating around! One even braved a landing on my wing mirror though balancing seemed a little difficult for him.

With these cheeky birds coming up so close and personal to me I didn't even have to get out of the car to get today's blip!! This was taken through the windscreen - which fortunately was quite clean for a change!

(Scavenger or not, I think he has beautiful grey eyes!!)

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We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success. (Henry David Thoreau 1817-1862)

Today was the day I (metaphorically!) leaped.

Today was also the day I went to find out about doing a course with a local photographic/Photoshop expert. Now that would be fun!