backyard birds
Where: the neighborhood When: 7:44am Bird Species: European starling, American robin, mourning dove, northern cardinal, white-throated sparrow, house sparrow. Seen but not heard: almost everybody. Things I Thought About: * Oh, good. Perfect conditions, for photos. * Well, I predict the bird of the day will be a mourning dove or
backyard birds
Where: the neighborhood When: 8:30am Bird Species: American robin, house sparrow, downy woodpecker, northern mockingbird, European starling, common grackle, blue jay, northern cardinal, mourning dove, red-bellied woodpecker Things I Thought About: * 44 degrees but 71% humidity is the devil’s weather. How is my hairline sweaty. * We almost tanked
backyard birds
Where: the row of trees across the street When: 2:12 -2:35pm Bird Species: northern mockingbird, mourning dove, northern cardinal, house sparrow. Things I Thought About: * A whole new emotion I have unlocked is “I don’t really have time to look for a bird today, this feels awful.
backyard birds
Where: close to home When: 11:15am Bird Species: house sparrow, dark-eyed junco, tufted titmouse, red-bellied woodpecker, northern cardinal, northern mockingbird, Carolina wren, white-throated sparrow, house finch, Carolina chickadee Things I Thought About: * All I do is bitch about my knees and the weather, but it is 34 degrees again
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 I spend
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
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 blue
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
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 have before
backyard birds
Where: the neighborhood When: 2:30 pm Bird Species: mourning dove, blue jay, American robin, European starling, house sparrow, turkey vulture (flyover), yellow-bellied sapsucker, red-bellied woodpecker, Northern mockingbird, Cooper's hawk, cedar waxwing, song sparrow, white throated sparrow, house finch, dark-eyed junco, house finch, downy woodpecker Things I Thought