The Sounds of Autumn . . .

The glorious warbling carols of a Pied butcherbird made my heart soar this morning.  I have no idea why, but there are few things more likely to make me smile when I'm reading the newspaper over my morning coffee.  It's like the arrival of the Channel-billed cuckoos, the Dollarbirds and the Koels.  The seasons are ever-changing, and the first heralds of Autumn in my part of South-eastern Australia have arrived.