The songbirds that have been nesting in the barn lost the mother today/last night: her toes were clinched in rigor mortis and I picked her up, nearly nuzzling her little body as I told her she did a great job with her little family.
Nest atop ladder
Worked from 7:45-18:15 (busy but decent weekday)
Missed an appointment at 7:00 this morning to check-in via :caf WWW for a research study I enrolled in back when I thought I’d be unemployed all year :gig …now I need to follow up with data collection & figure out how to get back on track...
Took 13,557 steps today, trying to find “Close3” who disappeared on a stormy afternoon this week. :hit
Noticed that I haven’t posted on the Squawk thread because I don’t take many steps these days, and now I have something to post about. :plbb
Realized that Close3 never got as much attention...
Went to the USPS office in Meeker to see if I could unlock my PO Box, only to find nobody was available due to Juneteenth closure. (Why don’t I look stuff up online before going to do it?!) :oops:
Used my day off work to drive 2+ hours to the Ford dealership to fix tint on the window from when...
I’ve fallen behind:
moved across state for new job,
Lost car to an elk.
Found a truck to buy;
last resort when I don’t have
a homestead for birds.
(Guineas biding time
over in Boulder County
with or without nests.
Setting up a spot
in Rio Blanco County?
Paralyzed by fear.)
I drove to Frisco, CO to turn in the title to my car that I crunched when an elk dashed across Hwy 9 last week. :eek:
Then I paid >$500 for the courtesy of having my car towed across Summit County.
Then I drove to Boulder County and saw my grumpy hen Chief whose broody spell had been...