I started my day in the pretty normal way with a walk down to
Starbucks for a coffee and scone. The line was actually pretty short.
Then I headed out here to the beach to sit on a bench and watch the
waves. So I'm sitting here eating my scone when these birds (acting
like rats with wings) start coming up to me. Most fly away when I shoo
them, but this one sticks around.
Now, I don't feed them. I knows better (even if my lovely wife hasn't
learned her lesson yet). But this bird in the picture just keeps on
patroling around me. It can we I'm eating and seems to think I owe it
something. I tried repeatedly to shoo it away, but it keeps circling
back.
Finally I decide to try to just ignore it. Then it gets bold and hops
up on the bench to me left. It is sitting six inches from me and just
staring at me! Apparently my NOT shooing it away at this point is some
kind of invitation, so it hops onto my leg! I'm not kidding. It
decided to climb on me to get my scone, which I just want to eat in
peace.
Well feeling it's talons on my bare flesh was too much of a surprise
so I jerk my leg and swat at the greedy bird. It returned to the
ground, but was unrepentant, continuing to circle my feet and bench.
Right up to the point I finished my scone. Then it wandered away.
I guess I'm just lucky there weren't more of them!
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