Oh another thing happened in bird politics much earlier today. Here’s what I wrote about it to my son:

A huge event in bird news today! The magpie brood near the olive tree started flying today! I heard a commotion down there that lasted forever, with at least 5 magpies. So I went down there, and Roberto [the dim asshole cat] came up the steps. I put Roberto in the garage to stop him scaring them. And then I saw some smaller magpies, that I thought might be starlings at first, but then an adult magpie fed one of them and saw how they were not starlings (white stripe on the wing). They held a huge gathering to celebrate!

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