The raucous calls of two Ring-necked Parakeets shattered the tranquillity of the courtyard at Bezmialem Vakif University Hospital today. Earlier, two Chiffchaff were singing from the trees. In the evening, a walk around the Topkapi Palace grounds produced parakeets and Grey Herons nesting in the many tall Plane trees and a squad of Hooded Crows picking up scraps where the ground was disturbed for Tulips being planted out.