This morning,  for the last few hours, I’ve had a magpie sitting in the drizzly damp outside my window, singing its little heart out. I love the sound. It’s so joyful and melodious. You can listen to a magpie singing here.  You probably need to put up with an advert at the start, but this is similar to what I’m hearing.

If you can’t access the video of the magpie singing, click here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6uRhXQGj2U 

I always feel a maggie singing in the morning is a good omen for the day.

Australian magpies are quite different to the European ones — I think the early colonizers called them magpies because they were black and white, like British magpies. This photo is by Jack McCracken on Unsplash

Do you have a favorite birdsong?