you can move a mountain if you use a larger spade

I was upstairs on the phone to my sister, when I noticed the crow with the wonky wing doing the dance of joy in the back garden.

It had somehow got the half-coconut down from the bush, and dragged it across the lawn. No wonder if was so pleased with itself. But I have retrieved the coconut shell—there is still plenty of fat/seed mixture in it—and put it back on the bush.

Of late, the fat balls have been disappearing *very* fast, and I have run out. Today, the small birds have been most frustrated by the mealworm holder, because they think it ought to be the fat ball holder and they should be able to peck through it to the tasty food within. Nope. But a couple of bluetits (of course) have worked it out.

It is surprising what a difference the specific branch makes, upon which I hang the food dispenser. One of the robins (well, quite possibly both of the robins) had a really hard time trying to fly at the coconut shell and peck food, because there was no handy branch upon which to perch and it did not think to grasp the shell. Or, stand on top of it, which a great tit did.