Our local bus shelter had a makeover during the summer. It is appropriate that the artist painted native wood pigeons on the side as they are common round here.
At this time of year the pigeons are frequent visitors to our garden. Here a pair are sitting in our cherry tree. By way of explanation the white boxes belong to a double- truck toiling up the hill of the northern motorway on the otherside of the Leith Valley.
The pigeons are quite tame, and will sit on the railings of our balcony for twenty to thirty minutes at a time.
They are, I think, waiting for the berries of the swan plant to ripen. But as they are tasty the birds never let them ripen properly. So in our garden we only get to see yellow berries, instead of the bright orange seen on more inaccessible plants.
