Wake Up Call

The dawn chorus has phases  - whilst blackbirds seem to sing the overture - the final movements are provided by the jackdaws - several family parties lounge around my neighbours birdtable.  They raise me from my bed, smartly dressed in black a bright eye, and a soft grey nape, An elegant bird but noisy always chattering chack chack , the youngsters beg for seed, almost the same dress as their prents, but their grey is more vague and covers more of the back.