Besides the redwinged
blackbirds that are suddenly everywhere,a sure sign of
spring is the convoy of fried dough trucks and carnival
rides rumbling down Bridge Rd. from the weird carnival
ride storage place. Just a week ago they were all dingy
and stuck behind berms of ancient accumulated snow. Today
they are scrubbed clean and headed south, west and north.
If they headed east they would be in the Gulf of Maine
selling fried dough to the fishes. The storage lot looks
oddly sparse.
And about those redwinged
blackbirds, I do mean they are everywhere. A few days ago
Nancy and I were searching for them and were thrilled to
find three. But today seems to be arrival day! A flock of
grackles and redwinged blackbirds descended on the marsh
behind the cat shelter when I pulled in there to pick up
some newsletter articles. I counted 36 redwinged
blackbirds behind Angelina's when I stopped for lunch.
Even back at my house, there were suddenly redwinged
blackbirds in every tree. They're baaack!
Not exactly a sign of spring, but a
sign of something good, Stallone got adopted. Apparently
a woman came in who likes him and understands that he
might bite and even knows how to deal with it. I suspect
that in a home with nice humans who pay lots of attention
to him and no other cats to compete for attention he
actually won't bite. Anyway, I'm happy for
him.
I started writing this entry about
fried dough trucks and redwinged blackbirds and then the
war started so I put this aside to finish later. Don't
know why I thought later would be any more appropriate.
Spring continues to arrive.
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Today's Bird
Sightings
Chain Bridge
great blue heron (1)
common merganser (5)
great cormorant (28)
ring billed gull (1)
great black back gull (1)
bald eagle (1)
Plum Island
redwinged blackbird (8)
Canada goose (8)
short eared owl (1)
herring gull (9)
northern harrier (1)
mourning dove (4)
Mammal Sightings
white tailed deer (3)
skunk (1)
Today's Reading
Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn by Elizabeth
Bisland, Sails and Whales by Capt. H.A.
Chippendale
This Year's Reading
2003
Book List
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