a messenger of the Gods visits the Triclinium

What kind of bird is that? It looks like a plastic bird...I've never seen a black bird with an orange beak before.

What kind of bird is that? It looks like a plastic bird...I've never seen a black bird with an orange beak before.

 

Its a Blackbird! This chap is a mature male, the female is (I regret to say) a rather frumpy brown.

He's a bold little fellow.

It looks fake, but no doubt it is real, for who would care to make such a obvious forgery!

Nope he and his family hop in and out of this restaurant year after year !

I will show you a couple more shots.

Are you sure that is not the bishop's jackdaw?

You think this is strange? In the same Village a rat and a hedgehog take a morning stroll together around the local pub (external not internal) during the summer months. The family of this blackbird stiill nest in the square opposite this place, though the cafe has now changed hands and they tend not to pop inside for a snack.