I like it, Bill, short & of course not so sweet.
I heard something similar from our big raucous magpies…
Doug
> On Jan 11, 2017, at 2:32 AM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Cacophany indeed, Patrick. And they don't let up. Not until after they have
> splayed wanuts and chestnuts all over the driveway after they've had a
> decent old nuzzle at them.
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> Bill
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> On Wed, 11 Jan 2017 at 8:09 PM, Patrick McManus <
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>> cheers to the cockatoos a cacophony !!
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>> On 10/01/2017 20:45, Bill Wootton wrote:
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>>> The cracked cackle of cockies
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>>> clamouring down Doctor's Gully
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>>> multiple rusty gates opening unwillingly,
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>>> so urgent, so insistent, so brazen
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>>> heralding first and last light
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>>> bw
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