Under the heading of 'strange ways to wake up'

[iamshadow]

Because a Willy Wagtail is doing laps of your lounge room, making scolding noises. By the time you get up to try and shoo it out, it's departed the way it got in - through your small kitchen window. You go back to bed for another hour

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[iamshadow]

They are lovely birds. They're fairly territorial, so if you see one around your home from day to day, it tends to be the same one. They don't swoop you or anything, but they "dance" on fixed lines, like fences, curbs or road markings, making chit chit chit noises, warning other birds and animals away. They're bigger than sparrows, but only by about a half.

[mrsquizzical]

at least they're cute! we've had this bloody crow that has decided that every morning he has to stand and tap loudly at the boys' room french window. until someone wakes up and then it flies away! it started about a week ago. i'm talking about 5am ish. no idea why!

[jaydeyn_sitari]

LOL I've always loved Willy Wagtails! They're so cute with their bopping out to music only they can hear!

WTF? Internet to overseas domain issue better not be because of that fecking filter whatsit. :(

:)
Jaydeyn

[prydonia]

Hmmm...Wikipedia says that the aborigines suggest that women be silent when Willie Wagtail is around because it likes to steal secrets! You two don't have any secrets, do you??? ;-)

[iamshadow]

Nothing that secret! Nothing that interesting...

Hello, stranger. :)

[prydonia]

Maybe you should send him my way. I think he'd fit right in with my menagerie! Two cats, a rabbit, and a Willy Wagtail and every single one of them annoying dear old dad! ;-)

Hello back, stranger. You should write more!!!