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It's the last full week of Autumn but all the seasons showed up. Most days started with fiery sunrises. Weather has been springtime mild, enough to walk the golf course in long autumnal shadows. The coast guard cutter removed the navigation buoys because it's December --- the shipping season is supposed to be officially over! Calls haven't been coming through on our landline, so the Bell guys repaired that outside, grateful for soft ground to dig in.
But all the Christmas-y rituals are in full swing. Decorations are over the top, and one guy wants a Chevy in the driveway. The annual Festival of Northern Lights is under way, something a small town with a riverbank does really well. This year a walk after dark hasn't meant cold and snowy.
Sorry to keep chirping about this, but the ultra-rare Summer Tanager is still here and causing a frenzy among local birders. (She?/He? is gorging at the feeder as I write this...) For the third week in a row this "vagrant" is keeping in Kemble instead of mixing in Mexico. Regional birder committees are meeting to study the images and will be archiving in detail. 15 minutes of flying fame?? Here's the final posting of Summer, in still and video...
But it's a dismal rainy morning and winter is forecast to show up in a few days. We're loading our backpacks lightly for another adventure, but we'll be thinking about The Bird. The feeder will empty shortly. If we go does the Summer go too??
It's the last full week of Autumn but all the seasons showed up. Most days started with fiery sunrises. Weather has been springtime mild, enough to walk the golf course in long autumnal shadows. The coast guard cutter removed the navigation buoys because it's December --- the shipping season is supposed to be officially over! Calls haven't been coming through on our landline, so the Bell guys repaired that outside, grateful for soft ground to dig in.
But all the Christmas-y rituals are in full swing. Decorations are over the top, and one guy wants a Chevy in the driveway. The annual Festival of Northern Lights is under way, something a small town with a riverbank does really well. This year a walk after dark hasn't meant cold and snowy.
Sorry to keep chirping about this, but the ultra-rare Summer Tanager is still here and causing a frenzy among local birders. (She?/He? is gorging at the feeder as I write this...) For the third week in a row this "vagrant" is keeping in Kemble instead of mixing in Mexico. Regional birder committees are meeting to study the images and will be archiving in detail. 15 minutes of flying fame?? Here's the final posting of Summer, in still and video...
But it's a dismal rainy morning and winter is forecast to show up in a few days. We're loading our backpacks lightly for another adventure, but we'll be thinking about The Bird. The feeder will empty shortly. If we go does the Summer go too??
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