More about birds

Looking out the kitchen window this morning, a blackbird swooped down with a very large chunk of bread in it's beak towards my garden bed. I had thrown a large chunk of bread out on the lawn earlier this morning.

This side of the garden is a semi circular bed, with a small norfolk pine and two small weeping willows. This intrepid blackbird trotted in behind the norfolk pine and spent the next minute or two peering out to scan for any competition. These birds can be quite testy over my bread (I make it with linseed and sunflower seeds).

Once she was sure there was no other competition coming, she broke off pieces of the bread, dug a hole and buried each chunk. Each time, kicking over the soil and covering it up her booty. Then she would pick up a couple choice bits of twig or leaf and cover it all over. A quick check of her handiwork and she was onto the next piece.

Work done, she spent a few more moments running back and forth, scanning, then flew off.

I'd love to know if she is planning to come back at any point to get them out. I thought only dogs buried their bones. This garden bed is quite a popular worm gathering spot.