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Where: Lake Accotink Park When: 1:30pm Bird Species: downy woodpecker, white-breasted nuthatch, Carolina chickadee, ring-billed gull, Canada geese, double-crested cormorant, great blue heron, hooded merganser, common merganser (lifer), red-bellied woodpecker, northern cardinal, northern mockingbird, hermit thrush, hairy woodpecker, house sparrow Things I Thought About: * It
mourning dove
Where: the neighborhood When: 9:00am Bird Species: mourning dove, American crow, blue jay, Carolina wren, house sparrow, Pinky, house finch, European starling, northern cardinal (other), song sparrow, downy woodpecker. Heard but not seen: northern fucking flicker. Things I Thought About: * All my shoes are falling apart, and when I
backyard birds
Where: the neighborhood When: 9:30am Bird Species: house sparrow, house finch, song sparrow, American crow, northern cardinal, northern mockingbird, mourning dove, American robin. The usual suspects. Things I Thought About: * In this audiobook a man is teaching a woman how to drive a manual transmission, and I am struck
backyard birds
Where: the neighborhood When: 11:30 am Bird Species: house sparrow, northern cardinal, American robin, turkey vulture (flyover), European starling, American crow, mourning dove, yellow-bellied sapsucker, Cooper's hawk, dark-eyed junco, downy woodpecker, Carolina wren Things I Thought About: * I will be changing jobs soon, so lately
woodpeckers
Where: the neighborhood When: 12:30-1:30pm, and 5:00pm Bird Species: house sparrow, American robin, European starling, northern mockingbird, mourning dove, house finch, white-throated sparrow, downy woodpecker Things I Thought About: * See, now this is snow I can live with. It was pretty when I woke up,
mockingbird
Where: my complex When: 1:30pm Bird Species: northern cardinal, American crow (flyover), blue jay, house sparrow, mourning dove, northern mockingbird * The Capital Weather Gang has adopted a pretty sassy online persona for an outfit that regularly predicts snow totals as “less than 2 to maybe 11 inches, depending.” * I
swamp friends
Where: Huntley Meadows Park When: 10:20am - 1:40pm Bird Species: song sparrow, swamp sparrow, red-bellied woodpecker, Carolina chickadee, Canada goose, mallard, northern pintail, green-winged teal, hooded merganser, red-winged blackbird, northern shoveler, ring-billed gull, red-headed woodpecker, downy woodpecker, great horned owl, eastern bluebird, white-throated
backyard birds
Where: to the HMart, sidewalks, 7905 steps round trip When: 3:35pm Bird Species: house sparrow, house finch, northern cardinal, northern mockingbird, song sparrow, European starling, American crow, American robin, downy woodpecker, red-bellied woodpecker, mourning dove, common grackle. The usual suspects. Things I Thought About: * FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! A
backyard birds
Where: the neighborhood When: 9:12am Bird Species: mourning dove, blue jay, northern cardinal, American robin, Carolina wren, European starling, house sparrow, house finch, common grackle Things I Thought About: * A bunch of personal shit I will doubtless tell you about another time. * Today is sunless in a completely different
woodpeckers
Where: the neighborhood When: 8:45am Bird Species: American robin, mourning dove, house sparrow, northern mockingbird, northern cardinal, blue jay, northern flicker Things I Thought About: * I do not love how much of my mental life lately is filled up with email; waiting on an email, I need an email
cedar waxwing
Where: my complex When: 1:00pm Bird Species: northern cardinal, blue jay, house sparrow, song sparrow, house finch, fish crow, cedar waxwing, American robin, mourning dove, dark-eyed junco, white-throated sparrow. Heard but not seen: Carolina chickadee, Carolina wren. Things I Thought About: * An unbelievably stressful conversation I must
Where: the neighborhood When: 1:30pm Bird Species: house sparrow, house finch, American robin, European starling, northern mockingbird, mourning dove, blue jay, Cooper's hawk, northern cardinal Things I Thought About: * I have been listening to the Staying Alive podcast and have realized that I love listening to men