As the photo shows, Scraps seems to be glowing with health and vitality at the moment and during the summer of 2007 I was amazed to see him with a mate at last and the happy pair managed to raise several young in a nest built just beyond my back fence!The fact that he survived at all is quite miraculous really, but I reckon his worst days are behind him now, but who’s to say what emotional struggles he must yet overcome….His search for a mate and his failure to find one for so long may well have been harder to endure than anything physical he’s been through to date. Who can guess what goes on in the mind of a Chaffinch?My guess is though, that “Scraps” will overcome whatever the great crap-hole of life will choose to dump on him and that he’ll be around for a little while yet at least!