Seven for a secret

 

Momentarily

a huge mischief of magpies

fills the sky above.

 

* On seeing the largest group of magpies I have ever seen, I counted at least 25.

Nest building

 

A pair of magpies

plunder the garden for twigs

brought down by the winds.

 

by Scooj

Salutation

.

On seeing the first:

‘Good morning Mr Magpie’

a superstition.

.

by Scooj

Winter seen

 

Winter-stripped branches

offer scant cover for the

marauding magpies.

 

by Scooj