November 4, 2026
Where: the neighborhood
When: 8:35 am
Bird Species: house sparrow, mourning dove, tufted titmouse, American robin, Canada goose, blue jay
Things I Thought About:
- [internal cackling]
- eat shit, Susan Collins
- What a beautiful morning,
- If you do not think it is a beautiful morning I assume you are my enemy.
- Chuck Schumer retire, bitch
- All these robins are very sweet and cute this morning. I also am both of these adjectives.
- Last night while watching on mute I saw and ad that read "There's no Christmas like a SharkNinja Christmas," and I stared at it for a long time. First, because I thought for a second it said "a Shakira Christmas," and then because I think David Beckham was in it?
- I do not know what this product is. It would be neat if that was just a new animated Christmas special for kids. Beloved Christmas character SharkNinja does sound fun. It's probably a beard trimmer.
- I think this weekend I will go look at the ocean.
BOTD: American robin. There was healthy little handful picking at berries in the bushes across the road this morning. A jay and mockingbird were in there with them, but I was really enjoying these clown princes. They'd peck around on the ground and then flutter straight up to snag a berry and land again, almost falling rather than flying.
SKW BOTD BONUS PHOTO: mad scenes at the WWI Memorial today on my lunch break as a tourist dropped a bag of popcorn and the place was instantly swarmed.
It was a big fucking mess. The pigeons and starlings and sparrows ate like kings. One of my better lunch breaks.
