Ash Wednesday
Sitting there at my desk with a smudge on my forehead, when Priscilla the mail female stops in. Now don't get me wrong, Priscilla is great, but she has this thing that does that kind of annoys me....
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8:30. Right outside of St Paul's. There's a great big spruce tree, and its very top branch sticks straight up in the air like a big index finger.Today, he was up there. Tik tik tik tik tik....balanced...
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The book is meant to be used. My field guide is also my life list. I note the first time I see a bird, and any especially notable sightings afterward. And then, sometimes in the middle of winter,...
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August 1987 outside Glenwood Springs, CO. He was flying straight at me over the Frying Pan River, no more than 30 ft off the deck, while I was standing there taking panorama pics. I absolutely froze....
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I once watched an alligator stalk and then catch a large Florida spotted gar. All the while I had my loaded camera in my hand. As you can imagine, I'd be posting that picture now if I'd taken it. A...
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Is it wrong for me to dislike certain birds?I hope not, because I hate starlings. Fuck these fucking trouble-making Euro-trash imports!
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Okay, maybe they do while I'm right there, but the minute my back is turned they drop the pretense and revert to their real starlingness. Thieving little sneaks.....
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For me--I'm impressed by how smart and playful they are, and their beautiful singing voices (legend has it that Mozart kept one as a pet, and that it inspired some of his music). In their breeding...
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I want to leave out sunflower seeds, because the cardinals love them. The problem there is that by the time these friggin' starlings are finished, there's nothing left but shells...It's Hitchcockian.
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Look, I'm a hard ass most of the time, but not when it comes to cardinals. They love sunflower seeds!
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(not to mention chickadees, nuthatches, woodpeckers of various kinds, bluejays, and juncos) are homeless in the cruel city and suburbs and should not be begrudged the meager offerings of the feeders...
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It's not like I run out there and scare them off. They get their damned sunflower seeds. Doesn't mean I have to like it.
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Has it occurred to you that since he sent it to you on Ash Wednesday, maybe he just Lent it to you?
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was from Zion where it's illegal to spit on the streets or to engage in "word play" which is deemed to be profane the worse the pun. May explain his escape to the south west.
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