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Me other half was oot in the byre this morning. There are all kinds o` nesting wild birds in there, blackbirds and sparrows and starlings and pigeons...
and some o` them hae young in the nests and are awfy wary.
So when himself walked by one o` the nests in a hole in the byre wall, the mam flew oot and pooped right on his head!
He wasnae too pleased and is just oot the shower.....(me, I thought it was hilarious though)
Noo, when I was wee (or, at five foot nothing mebbe I should just say, younger) me ain mam used tae tell me if a bird pooped on ye that meant ye would hae guid luck that day.
I did tell this tae himself but it didnae cheer him up ony, as having the shower has made him a peedie bit late for work.
I also mind other bird related things...omens and sayings...
There`s the well known magpie one..."one for sorrow, two for joy"...
Owls screeching whilst perched nearby meant someone in the nearest hoose would die soon.
Crows and all birds o` the corvus family are messengers o` bad tidings (in Norse mythology ravens are the god Odins birds, representing memory and thought, Huginn and Muninn)
Gulls carry the souls o` drowned sailors in their throats...
Curlews will lure lone travellers tae their deaths ower hillsides in fog...

I seem tae mind there is a whole heap o` bird lore but am forgetting half o` it, nae doubt I will remember it later and can add tae the list. Be glad tae hear onybody elses bird related lore. Let`s face it, in Orkney, we`ve nae shortage o` the creatures!

Talking o` which, just a wee while ago this morning, I watched a jackdaw steal something (couldnae see what it was) from a tern, and watched both birds get intae an ariel fight that would hae graced a film like Battle of Britain or the like, sae furious they were gaun at it.
I also gave a crow the fright o` his life when I went oot tae get the cats in...those cats hae me weel trained, see, they go oot tae mark territory and chase birds and dae their business, then come and sit at the window and STARE at me til I gaun oot and lift them up and carry them in...*blushes with shame*...
onyway, there I was, walking roond the corner tae get the cats, and nearly tripped ower a big crow wi` a garden snail in his beak. He didnae drop it mind you, so couldnae hae been that feared...though, I wouldnae hae thought a bird could "Caw" and keep a snail in place at the same time....
I nearly got a face fu` o scruffy black feathers....