A Darker Shade of Tail

Bert gives the appearance of being fearless, but of course, a concerted “shoo!” together with a little run forward usually puts him to flight. Nonetheless, the easy strutty way he ponces about the garden understandably kept Blacky on top of the garage roof, in sight, but not in garden.

But what’s this? Our super smart melanistic visitor, ebony black and handsome, is getting bolder. “Why, Blacky, you’re chancing it with Bert around!” There was Blacky on the terrace ‘stop-starting’ nimbly in search of treasure. Bert’s treasure.

We Brits love an underdog, so “Do your best, Blacky, be my guest!”