Yesterday I ate my lunch outside. There is a green lawn next to the parkade. Even a cement block that isn’t so uncomfortable that I can’t sit on it. I can bring a magazine and enjoy the nice weather. I’ve done it before and it is nice.
This time, I noticed a magpie had settled in the lawn and was looking at me. I suppose if I had seen The Birds I might have been creeped out by this.
When I took out one of my apples, it started chirping at me. I think I know what is going on now.
In previous times, I’ve always thrown my apple cores into the bushes. They are going to biodegrade, so why not spread the nutrients around. Last week I spotted some small fuzzy creatures hauling the remains of a core away, deeper into the bushes. So someone must be getting some use.
It went away for awhile and I threw the core onto the lawn. A few minutes later it was gone and the magpie was horking it down in the bushes.
I’ve created a sucky bird.