Spring Is Springing
Holy murder of crows, it’s only March 3 and I’ve already been bitten by a dozen mosquitoes. I’m posting a pic of one of the charm of goldfinches that have wintered in my backyard because I have a feeling they will be gone soon. Robins and the wacky cedar wax wings are all over town. One poor soul reports that after a flock of CWWs flew into her window, she picked up a stunned bird that seemed destined to recover. The second she set it on her patio table, a huge hawk swooped down and whisked the drunken bird to meet its maker. Remember, it’s a jungle out there. All you have to do is pay attention.
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I saw a nice assortment of ducks while fishing White Rock yesterday. Very pretty drake Wood Duck back in a little stream and a couple of different grebes.
On the northeast side of the lake, have you noticed the big shoreline trees that have been turned completely white by cormorants sitting in the tree tops and crapping on them? It’s ghostly … and ghastly. Those are the most disgusting birds on the planet, and they’re inexplicably federally protected. Fishermen hate them because they can and do eat their bodyweight in fish (8 lbs. give or take) in a day or two. And, they can easily swallow fish of a pound and a half. They’re the $30K Millionaires of the bird kingdom…