birding

Spent my whole adult life saying I didn't give a shit about birds. Yeah.

• When I lived in Chicago 20 years ago, and their bodies were littering the streets from West Nile virus, I noticed. I noticed the lack of birds in the sky. Seems no one else did.
• I now have 3 different types of feeders and a birdhouse.
• Got my childhood treasures back, uh, there's a lot of antique bird figurines. And I used to collect owls.
• Saw a pileated woodpecker for the first time at camp in December. NEAT! Got a couple of feeders and started learning to make suet.
• Been rolling my own hummingbird food for years.

But I'm not really into birds.

damn is that a yellow-rumped warbler

... yes

One day you notice a gray hair, the next you notice a gray jay.

I just turned old years old and one of my kids got me a t-shirt that simply reads "i like birds."

and it's true... i like em a lot... 🤓

seeing a group of cedar waxwings for the first time a couple weeks ago had me marveling like a child again...

and also saying... "i thought they'd be bigger" 😁

"Look, Raymond,"

I'm a big fan of cardinals

Thanks for the chuckle on my work break!

I used to argue with guys about punk rock and politics, now I mostly try to parse sparrows. Got a lot of lookalikes here. Don't even get me started on the hawks