I slid into the flock of birds today up close to watch them... I read there can be up to five hundred in a flock. I don't think the flock passing through right now has five hundred but, it easily has 250. There are pine siskins, goldfinch, red house finch, nuthatch, and juncos. The sound is incredible as they land among the trees and begin their decent to the ground... The swoosh when the hawk spooks them and the flee into the trees...
Wet Web
The rivers and the creeks are up.
The precipitation seems about as relentless as my cough.
The woods are quiet - not even squirrels or chipmunks are out.
A few days ago I googled where birds go when it rains... I had my suspicions but wanted to confirm. Like us, they try to stay dry and warm, and like us, they reach a point where they just have to get out to survive. Guess I'm going to have to get out and get bird seed they like if I want my friends to come back - if the sun ever shines again. (I am probably one of the few people still not minding the rain - please don't hate on me)
A cool fact I didn't know is that birds have an oil on their feathers - it's not even enough to be a drop. It repels water so their down doesn't get wet. Birds are so cool.
Trail
Found the raccoons trail.
Bluejays Squawk
and Red Bellied Woodpeckers 'chee'
a wren nervously 'piks'
and every now and then a little bird behind me lets out the faintest 'pzzzt' call
my mind feels like the highway sounds in the morning
pretty sure there is a hawk I cannot see
Pink Anemone
This day,...
is filled with
sunshine
an north/easterly cool breeze...
that feels like it is coming off the ocean
deer
singing and alarming wrens
chipping cardinals
and the long shrieks from the red bellied woodpecker
... And long sleeves.
Hello Fall.How have you been doing?
