Colin

My Dear Princess and Dear Fellow,

This is Colin. He is a blackbird. 

While you may be aware of the huge flock of sparrows, starlings and blackbirds in our back garden, this little guy seems to live out the front. 

Not only that, he appears to spend his time watching the front door and as soon as I step out, he SWOOPS down onto the fence and BOOPs at me, flicking his tail.

I take BOOP to mean, "Feed me if you please!" and because I am me, I always go back indoors to fetch him some of the cat treats that we keep by the front door for the occasional front door cat*.

I throw Colin some treats and he BOOPs around on the front lawn, scooping them up and flicking his tail. Which I take to mean, "Thanks guv!" 

This only started happening fairly recently but it is definitely a thing. I told Caro who said, "His name is Colin".

So this is Colin.

S. 

* I do not think this odd.