We have pigeons in the city, but not so much where I live. More likely to see a cheeky kookaburra or a blue-faced honeyeater. And they’re cheeky.
It was roasting hot here one day and we were all in our pool, sorry edit, the bird bath. There were a heap of birds sitting on the pool fence glaring at us and quite obviously letting us know it was time for us to vacate their bird bath because they needed to cool off too.
About a week ago, we noticed a blue-faced honeyeater flying into the laundry to drink the dogs’ water and to steal any bugs that might have ended up in their bowl. We had an invasion of Christmas beetles, so finding a bug in the bowl wasn’t unlikely. Then it would fly into the house, into the rumpus room and make a ruckus so we’d open the door to let it out. I haven’t seen it this week, so perhaps it’s moved on.
I was watching some crows at the local cafe. They were waiting in line to pick at some food someone had left on a plate.