Category: Bird


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Return of the Cardinal - Monday, November 8th, 2010

Saturday. There he was. Looking in the window. Watching me. The feeder is empty. It is apparently time to fill it. This morning there were six sparrows out front. I suspect they’re his servants. I will fill the feeder tonight. I’m too afraid to disobey. (I swear it’s the same bird I wrote about in [...]

For the Birds - Friday, October 29th, 2010

This morning, while I was walking the dog, I saw something at the base of a tree. Fortunately Cardiff was distracted by a leaf blowing past, so he didn’t notice it until I had a chance to investigate. A young bird — a woodpecker of some sort — was hopping and fluttering around the tree, [...]

Dogs In Cars - Friday, July 9th, 2010

If I see any animal of any sort left in someone’s car I will do some combination of the following: Tell someone in the store closest to where the car is parked. Failing that, I will call the police. If the police or car owner doesn’t show up within 5 minutes, I will break the [...]

Birds - Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

During winter, I started feeding the birds. I bought two of those little cage things and some suet blocks and hung them outside the front window. Since the snow’s nearly completely gone (except for the large, dirty piles in parking lots, of course), refilling it wasn’t really a high priority. I figured the birds would [...]