I haven’t seen it, heard it, or smelled it, yet, but I see a bunch of tiny dots on the sidewalk. Yippee!
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mjh actually played 2-on-2 volleyball outside in that damn wind. The trip to and from Los Lunas was like driving on Dune.
Unhinged (a poem) [after 11:47am 4/4/11]
We saw a venue of 17 turkey vultures kettling in the red light of the setting sun. Beautiful.
Unless kettling is strictly a fall activity. TVs return to NM in March, usually. I saw my first a few days ago.
Backyard Naturalist: Turkey Vultures’ ‘Kettling’ Prepares Them for Long Trip | Lewis County Outdoors
The very long period of circular “kettling” however, is believed by some to be a period during which the members of each small flock learn to recognize each other and perhaps form a loose bond that will increase their cooperation and feeding success on the heroic flights that may cover 4,000 miles or more.
Backyard Naturalist: Turkey Vultures’ ‘Kettling’ Prepares Them for Long Trip | Lewis County Outdoors
Saw two Cooper’s hawks this AM near the southwestern-most (and largest / oldest) nest in Altura Park. One was adding to the nest.
Three or four nests on that side; one on the north side of the park.
‘Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.’ ~William James (So, throw out your to-do lists.)
“A deep understanding of reality is exactly the same thing as laziness.” – Wally in Dilbert
“Have you ever seen a statue of the Buddha jogging?”