Sticks and stones above Ullswater
by Tony Greenbank from on (#2QQPM)
Martindale Hause, Lake District A tug-of-war occurs as a rook grabs one end of a crooked stick and a jackdaw just half its size seizes the other
Bump. A stick bounces off my scalp. I touch it with a finger. Blood! More sticks rain down. On goes the beanie hat. A cacophony of harsh cawing ensues. Rooks are robbing their decrepit old nests of twigs to add to more recent homes they are refurbishing on adjacent treetops.
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