In the recent heat, birds from the forest have taken over our back yard. They like the water we've set out for drinking, and will take dust baths under the trees. They also like sitting on the neighbour's fence and eating his newly-planted grass seed!
One little bird in particular seems to have claimed his territory. He's a junco, a brown ball of feathers about the size of a ping-pong ball, but with the heart of an osprey. We call him "Chip", on account of how that sound like his call. He appears to have a mate ("Chipette"?) and a rival for her attentions, "Carlos". If you know something about the blues, you won't need to look up Carlos del Junco on the Google...
I adapted the bird of prey image from a free-usage photo by Psylexic. Chip probably thinks he's even bigger and more powerful than that, i.e., it could use a crown, maybe breathe fire, etc.
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