Where: my balcony
When: noonish
Bird Species: northern mockingbird
SKW BOTD BEHIND THE SCENES
I'm beat, I have to play online trivia in 1 minute, and although I did get a walk in around 6 everything I thought was extremely personal and quite grim. This is a photo I took while sitting on my patio. It's a northern mockingbird.
Excelsior. We'll get 'em tomorrow.
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