On deck

[Laurence Sheldon]

In the tray this morning:

Grackles and bluejays, looking like the GOC in their smart uniforms,
some staring up into the sky, some doing the Darth Vader thing, giving
raucous orders. LBBs and a catbird in and out to grab a bite.

On the ground mule deer.

And now to the consternation of the skywatchers, the turkeys have arrived.
--
Requiescas in pace o email Two identifying characteristics
of System Administrators:
Ex turpi causa non oritur actio Infallibility, and the ability to
learn from their mistakes.
Eppure si rinfresca

[Laurence Sheldon]

Early shifts, skywatchers (grackles and bluejays) chased by turkeys.

Later in the day, a few LBBs, a cardinal and assorted grackles and jays.

Chickadees galore--on the hanging feeders, on the platform on the
bag-o-stuff.

An oriole and a bee working the hummingbird feeders--a rubythroat
stopped by earlier, but didn't drink.

A fox-squirrel-colored-squirrel and an charcoal-colored-fox-squirrel
dropped in but decided that the odds against three turkeys and the
unhappy grackles were not good..