backyard birds
Where: the neighborhood When: 5:00 sharp Bird Species: mourning dove, European starling, house sparrow, northern mockingbird, gray catbird, American robin, northern cardinal, fish crow, blue jay Things I Thought About: * I haven't done what used to be my regular neighborhood morning loop in weeks and weeks. The
backyard birds
Where: Ranger Road Park When: 6:00 pm Bird Species: eastern bluebird, white-breasted nuthatch, gray catbird, mourning dove, northern cardinal Things I Thought About: * Absolutely Satan’s weather: cloudy, breezy, 78 degrees, 82% humidity. It feels so good, the breeze is so nice, then you stop moving for a
backyard birds
Where: Villa Lee Park When: 5:20 pm Bird Species: --- Things I Thought About: * I tried. I really did. I made the fatal mistake of saying “I have a little more time than usual before pub quiz. I’ll stop somewhere a little off the beaten track.” So I just
backyard birds
Where: Ossian Hall Park, which is actually the high school When: 5:20 pm Bird Species: house sparrow, mourning dove, American robin, northern mockingbird, house finch, American crow Things I Thought About: * Bird right now are quiet, and fat. * Bears will enter a period of hyperphagia in the fall, where
backyard birds
Where: Family game night, Springfield, VA When: 5:15 pm Bird Species: house sparrow, mourning dove, northern mockingbird Things I Thought About: * It has been absolutely beautiful today and I have gone on zero walks. * I sat in the rocker on my porch and scrolled and read my book and
backyard birds
Where: Hidden Oaks Nature Center When: 2:40 pm Bird Species: American crow, white-breasted nuthatch, Carolina wren, tufted titmouse, house finch, downy woodpecker, Carolina chickadee, common grackle, northern cardinal Things I Thought About: * Anne Hathaway is going to work until the day she drops and she's going
backyard birds
Where: the neighborhood When: 5:35 pm Bird Species: house sparrow, gray catbird, house finch, mourning dove, American robin, northern mockingbird, American goldfinch Things I Thought About: * I am on a 90s/00s rom-com kick and boy did we ever let on-screen Hugh Grant get away with fucking
sparrows
Where: the neighborhood When: 6:00 pm Bird Species: American robin, gray catbird, house finch, mourning dove, European starling, house sparrow times a billion Things I Thought About: * A former co-worker and subscriber tells me she is now concerned that the reason I looked so serene in unpleasant meetings
backyard birds
Where: Ranger Road Park When: 6:25 pm Bird Species: Carolina wren, Carolina chickadee. This amuses me. Things I Thought About: * Work. I am thinking about work. “It has been a long week," is something I first said around 12:48 pm on Tuesday. * Something I have always been
backyard birds
Where: Ranger Road Park When: 5:40 pm Bird Species: American robin, downy woodpecker, northern cardinal, gray catbird. Heard but not seen: American goldfinch, Carolina wren, acadian flycatcher, house finch, high school marching band. Things I Thought About: * One of my favorite movie podcasts is having a theme month of
backyard birds
Where: my balcony When: 9:30 am Bird Species: this one Things I Thought About: * After four years of saying “I should really hang some shelves” a handyman is coming by today to hang some shelves. I’m giddy. * I did not go on a bird walk today. I was
backyard birds
Where: around my complex and the one next door When: 6:20 pm Bird Species: house sparrow, house finch, American robin, European starling, gray catbird, northern cardinal, mourning dove Things I Thought About: * Dinosaurs. One of my movie podcasts was talking about Jurassic Park today, and now I am looking