All of a Flutter

  The temperature has taken a dive since the gale force winds of last week had blown all the insulating clouds away, so it's been a bit nippy here.  In fact, as I sit and type this, a few pathetic snowflakes are falling outside.  Silly sods - It's not quite cold enough here on the coast for all that malarkey.  Although, I gather the rest of the country could tell a different story...
  Anyway, the cold is partly why I spent almost all day yesterday, and most of today indoors mooching around.  I did nip out for a beach walk a little earlier to get some fresh air, but I was only gone for about an hour - And, yes, I did take Camera, so I shall be sharing those photos in an upcoming post.  But first, this one:

  As ordered Inspired by The Very Mistress, may I present Beaky and Friends.  Well, perhaps not "friends" because he doesn't have any.  He spent most of his time chasing off sparrows and robins that had the audacity to land on the paysho in his vicinity - probably because he thought they'd eat all the morsels dropped from the bird feeders above...

  Take a deep breath as there're loads of photos - I was too indecisive to whittle them down to a manageable amount.  I would say sorry, but that'd be a lie!
  First up are the aerobatic house sparrows.  Here goes:

"Huh?  What's all that racket?  What's going on?"

"Oh, it's just those sparrows pretending to be hummingbirds again.  I'm getting back to my food."

"Hey!  Blue tit!  Make sure you drop plenty of suet for me."

"And me!"

"Those little twits are too annoying.  I'm off!"

"Good riddance!"

"Has that imperialist snob gone?"

"Yep!  More food for us."

"Hmmm...  I'm sure I could manage aerial maneouvres like those house sparrows, too."

"Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!"

"Shit!  Where am I going to land?"

"Move it, Chaffinch!  It's our turn again, now."

"Well, if that Chaffinch can do it, I bet I can, too."

"Yes!"

"Ha!  Did it!  Up yours, sparrows!"

"Oops!  Nearly flew out of shot."