Yep, Bird-a-Thon is here again...I'm filling my brains with warbler songs & reports of where the 'cool' species are being sighted, and I'm wandering around in the woods at all hours (both before & after work).

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So, it's been a long time since I've looked in here...Oops! Life is getting back to normal: Walking is faster, and I can get further, and I'm not hurting as much (unless I do too much).

But! Bird-a-Thon!! is coming up in a month, and I plan to get out & get birding then. It's a 24-hour 'how many bird species can you spot?' challenge...I've been ( Read more... )

..for my journal!

I've been thinking lyrics would be good, and Pink Floyd lyrics in particular. And then I happened across these lyrics:

"( I can hear the sound of seabirds in my ear,
And I can see you smile )

So one positive thing about spending 24 hours at the dock in Norfolk, VA avoiding the Tropical Storm...

There are scads of gulls here. Seagulls, if you insist. But some of them have the black thumbprint behind the eye that I have come to recognize. One even had a full black head this late in the season. I assume they're flocking up on their southern ( Read more... )