Bird watching

I've become a twitcher. Having moved my desk to the window and recently aquired some binoculars, I've found myself keeping abreast of the daily goings-on of the local birds when not peering through the windows of neighbouring houses. Today a large crow appeared to be devouring the bone marrow from a stripped human femur while a couple of magpies looked on in barely concealed jealousy. But before you make the mistake of thinking that Crystal Palace is blighted only by prolish carrion, I also witnessed a Woodpecker (lesser spotted I believe, although I may have made that up) tapping halfheartedly at the the tree in our garden before moving off to a more desirable location up the road in Dulwich.