There are many birds living on my farm

[Farm Boy]

Just thought my TSF friends ought to know there are many types of birds living on my farm ie

Crows cunning cruel birds fly well have there own language and always look after number one .

The magnificent Wedge Tail Eagle is often in the sky he also knows a thing or two , kills his own tucker or scrounges up some carrion its all the same to him,

Black Swans West Australians symbol some times fly over head on there way to the lakes nearby

There are Two Little Hawks living in my shed they do OK always kill there own never scrounge Carrion


Then there are The Maggie fairly useless bird really , always warbling on about something ( they think there good looking ) making a pest on them self chasing kids and the only thing they can catch, are worms clumsy flyers and carrion eaters too F*** if I know why footy teams are named MAGPIES ?

 

[Farm Boy]

William Butler Yeats was HAPPY TO PEN THIS

The Wild Swans At Coole

THE trees are in their autumn beauty,
The woodland paths are dry,
Under the October twilight the water
Mirrors a still sky;
Upon the brimming water among the stones
Are nine-and-fifty Swans.
The nineteenth autumn has come upon me
Since I first made my count;
I saw, before I had well finished,
All suddenly mount
And scatter wheeling in great broken rings
Upon their clamorous wings.
I have looked upon those brilliant creatures,
And now my heart is sore.
All's changed since I, hearing at twilight,
The first time on this shore,
The bell-beat of their wings above my head,
Trod with a lighter tread.
Unwearied still, lover by lover,
They paddle in the cold
Companionable streams or climb the air;
Their hearts have not grown old;
Passion or conquest, wander where they will,
Attend upon them still.
But now they drift on the still water,
Mysterious, beautiful;
Among what rushes will they build,
By what lake's edge or pool
Delight men's eyes when I awake some day
To find they have flown away?

He is right Swans have the lot Beauty power size and grace , there magnificence .

 

[svengali]

I must say I have a soft spot for Magpies.

They usually hang around our area in family groups and the warbling is actually a territorial call which gathers the clan and tells other groups to stay away. One of our neighbours feeds them and they soon learn when the tucker is served. Watch them when you approach a group. They will watch you and as long as you keep moving they will let you walk almost over them but the minute you stop they are on their guard and ready to fly.

Life in suburbia would be poorer without them and our other feathered visitors so enjoy them and keep your cat in at night.

 

[colzilla]

Yes more wise words Mr Sven. I like magpies too except in magpie season

 

[Happy2]

I would certainly prefer a tiding of Magpies (Though there are names for a group of magpies) than a murder of crows To wake me with there morning chorus

 

[Farm Boy]

Svengali inferred that Magpies were Tribal and suburban , just what I thought .

 

[bushbabe]

A few cockies squawking around here twice a day............ and they're protected..... they say.

 

[Happy2]

A few cockies squawking around here twice a day............ and they're protected..... they say.

So if you see a feral cat in the tree stalking the cockies bushbabe which do you shoot ?

 

[colzilla]

.......................................................................................................................................................................The birds....................

 

[Farm Boy]

.......................................................................................................................................................................The birds....................

Only if its a Parrot.

 

[Farm Boy]

Tiger's V Turkey's no contest

 

[Farm Boy]

The wild swan's death-hymn took the soul
Of that waste place with joy
Hidden in sorrow: at first to the ear
The warble was low, and full and clear; ...
But anon her awful jubilant voice,
With a music strange and manifold,
Flow’d forth on a carol free and bold;
As when a mighty people rejoice
With shawms, and with cymbals, and harps of gold...



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[Happy2]

I never pictured you having a poetic soul FB

 

[Farm Boy]

Well I actually did not pen that small literary composition myself H2.

 

[Happy2]

I guessed that one FB I know your a numbnuts just like myself
Just you picked a poem to just say A flock of swans was swooped by a tiding of Magpies

 

[Lana]

just like to say..... i love magpies
and i love my magpies Team
COLLINGWOOD!!!​

 

[Happy2]

just like to say..... i love magpies
and i love my magpies Team
COLLINGWOOD!!!​

You go girl

US against them!

 

[HappyPirate]

Ahoy;----The real team has its home stadium next to a Port,
its always been US against them...............

 

[Happy2]

Ahoy;----The real team has its home stadium next to a Port,
its always been US against them...............

Freo HP ?? I never thought an South Australian would support Freo Shame!!

And Why is the US against poor ol Freo anyway??

 

[HappyPirate]

Ahoy;- Ohhhh Eyyyeeee do agree;-----FEO Yes, Collingwood the great pretender......

Freo HP ?? I never thought an South Australian would support Freo Shame!!

And Why is the US against poor ol Freo anyway??

 

[Happy2]

Well you certainly dont come across as a Power supporter You can spell!!

BUT I nearly had my membership revoked because I still have most of my teeth ccasion14

 

[HappyPirate]

Ahoy;- I do not support any sporting club;-----but even Meeee can see what is real and what is full off BS;- LIKE Collingwood.
Yes H2 you are correct most P.Power supporters are dummies and have few teeth(the women) you should see the guys,usually they are ugly and ape looking;---- dragging your hands on the pavement.

Well you do certainly come across as a Power supporter You can spell!!

BUT I nearly had my membership revoked because I still have most of my teeth ccasion14