Sep 17, 2009
Sep 7, 2009
September 7th Pictures, Fall Crocuses...
Holly
Geranium (re-bloomed!)
Geranium (re-bloomed!)
Bee on a Flower
AUTUMN CROCUS
acorn dangling from an Oak
the leaves are falling..... slowly . . . the days are shorter . . . my siderial enemeies are lining up.
and the skunk is still strolling by now and then!
Aug 1, 2009
Skunk
We were taking a walk, I saw a skunk across the street. "Skunk" I said - and we turned and walked toward the house - not looking back.... it sauntered across the street into the our front lawn, then, when I raised the kitchen blind it skunk gallopped across the back yard . . .
And its not an animal I'm going to chase for a better shot.... kind of cute 'skunk run.'
And its not an animal I'm going to chase for a better shot.... kind of cute 'skunk run.'
Jul 24, 2009
The Nest Is EMPTY
Its hard to believe, less than 3 weeks from pretty blue eggs, to ugly hatchlings, then adorable chicks, now young birds....
Robins Growing fast from john on Vimeo.
VIMEO not Youtube.... youtube has a 10 minute limit, and I was too crushed to cut anything out of the little story.
IF IT WONT PLAY: http://vimeo.com/5734056
Watch a little..... the grown baby, after its first flight into a shrub (about 8 feet from the empty nest).....
(Google owns youtube. so vimeo is a competitor . . . not that I think evil of google, but sometimes it prefers 'its own' family members....)
.....
Jul 23, 2009
Robins growing up fast
I added the CHIRPING from a bird related net page.....
I ADDED THE CHIRPING, youtube sent me a nasty note when I stuck in The Summer Breeze . . . a very nice song....
have been eating and growing up fast. Watch their beaks get pointier, the feathers thicker, their wings flap.
the chirps are robins, but from a robin tribue page.....
WATCH FOR THE SURPRISE HUMMING BIRD!!
next: they fly away
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Jul 14, 2009
picture in picture video experiment.......
. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .make it full screen, right by the sound icon
an experiment with picture in picture gone amuck, note the main picture, at an angle giving it a more real look (?), the the amuck: 4 in little monitors behind it..... a mix of toys..... now where can I put the baby birds? the PC is on desk in the the library . . . .
The baby birds are growing fast!
Jul 9, 2009
the eggs have hatched!
longer:
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Yesterday we saw the robin chicks for the first time....
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its going to be one rocking robin!
Jul 5, 2009
Best bait for your Zombies trapping (according to Pride & Prejudice & Zombies)
from PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES.
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,
,
Pride & Prejudice and Zombies, from an Austen purist
http://jbeckhamlat.blogspot.com/2009/06/pride-and-prejudice-and-zombies.html is below,
NOW:
an interesting stat:
After all, Seth allowed Jane Austen to do the bulk of the writing (85% of the text is hers) and she had already plotted the basic outline of the book.
http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2009/04/04/pride-and-prejudice-and-zombies-a-review-of-a-high-concept-parody/
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Review of a High Concept Parody
April 4, 2009 by Vic
I read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and it made me chuckle, but purists will vomit from the moment they read the opening line: “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains will be in want of more brains.” If ever a classic was treated with tongue in cheek irreverence, author Seth Grahame-Smith managed to do it. Oh, I imagine that the coldly calculated jingle of cash was also a great motivator. After all, Seth allowed Jane Austen to do the bulk of the writing (85% of the text is hers) and she had already plotted the basic outline of the book. To give him his due, he’s given her half the credit, although he and his publisher will be raking in all the profits of this high concept book.
So what’s all the fuss about and why are film studios fighting over film rights to this story? Well, long ago in the island of Britain a zombie plague threatened its inhabitants. Thankfully, zombies are slow moving, dead, and stupid, else they would have overwhelmed the English population, decimating the land. The longer zombies have been dead, the less recognizable as humans they become, having lost eyes and limbs and patches of skin, and wearing clothes that are rotten and in tatters. Some zombies are so gross in both looks and eating habits that they cause the observer to vomit, The merest scratch from a zombie will turn a human into one, as poor Charlotte Collins discovers. A comic character rather than a tragic one, her tongue and mouth degenerate early on, causing Charlotte to lisp and talk like, well, a zombie. The thing is, nobody but Elizabeth notices. Hah! In the land of the dead and stupid, even the living are stupid. This plague has been threatening England for at least a generation, but people are still dumb enough to sit near windows at Assembly Balls where zombies can get at them and scoop out their brains, or open doors and windows in steamy kitchens, as the cooks did at Netherfield Park, so that those who were making dinner BECAME dinner.
NOW:
an interesting stat:
After all, Seth allowed Jane Austen to do the bulk of the writing (85% of the text is hers) and she had already plotted the basic outline of the book.
http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2009/04/04/pride-and-prejudice-and-zombies-a-review-of-a-high-concept-parody/
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Review of a High Concept Parody
April 4, 2009 by Vic
I read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and it made me chuckle, but purists will vomit from the moment they read the opening line: “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains will be in want of more brains.” If ever a classic was treated with tongue in cheek irreverence, author Seth Grahame-Smith managed to do it. Oh, I imagine that the coldly calculated jingle of cash was also a great motivator. After all, Seth allowed Jane Austen to do the bulk of the writing (85% of the text is hers) and she had already plotted the basic outline of the book. To give him his due, he’s given her half the credit, although he and his publisher will be raking in all the profits of this high concept book.
So what’s all the fuss about and why are film studios fighting over film rights to this story? Well, long ago in the island of Britain a zombie plague threatened its inhabitants. Thankfully, zombies are slow moving, dead, and stupid, else they would have overwhelmed the English population, decimating the land. The longer zombies have been dead, the less recognizable as humans they become, having lost eyes and limbs and patches of skin, and wearing clothes that are rotten and in tatters. Some zombies are so gross in both looks and eating habits that they cause the observer to vomit, The merest scratch from a zombie will turn a human into one, as poor Charlotte Collins discovers. A comic character rather than a tragic one, her tongue and mouth degenerate early on, causing Charlotte to lisp and talk like, well, a zombie. The thing is, nobody but Elizabeth notices. Hah! In the land of the dead and stupid, even the living are stupid. This plague has been threatening England for at least a generation, but people are still dumb enough to sit near windows at Assembly Balls where zombies can get at them and scoop out their brains, or open doors and windows in steamy kitchens, as the cooks did at Netherfield Park, so that those who were making dinner BECAME dinner.
Jul 4, 2009
Kagan Yale Lectures Ancient Greece
http://oyc.yale.edu/classics/introduction-to-ancient-greek-history/content/downloads.html
CLCV 205: Introduction to Ancient Greek History (Fall, 2007)
Syllabus
Professor: Donald Kagan, Sterling Professor of Classics and History, Yale University
Description: This is an introductory course in Greek history tracing the development of Greek civilization as manifested in political, intellectual, and creative achievements from the Bronze Age to the end of the classical period. Students read original sources in translation as well as the works of modern scholars.
Texts:
Pomeroy, Burstein, Donlan and Roberts. Ancient Greece. Oxford University Press: New York, 1999.
Kagan, Donald. "Problems in Ancient History." In The Ancient Near East and Greece. 2nd ed., vol. 1. Prentice-Hall: New York, 1975.
Herodotus, The Histories.
Plutarch, The Rise and Fall of the Athens.
Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War.
Requirements:
Students will have an opportunity to choose one of two programs for completing their work in the course:
Plan A
Students electing Plan A will take an in-class midterm and final examination. The midterm will cover all assigned readings to that date. Students in this program will also submit a paper on Herodotus, not to exceed 1500 words. The topic for the paper will be announced in class.
Plan B
Students electing Plan B will take an in-class midterm and final examination and will enroll in discussion sections which meet once a week for fifty minutes. These sections will offer the students an opportunity to discuss in detail issues raised in the course. Students in Plan B are encouraged to propose topics for discussion to the teaching fellow who will lead the discussions. Students following Plan B will submit a paper, not more than 1500 words long, on a topic of their own choosing, subject to the approval of the section leader.
Students in Plan B are required to attend their section meetings regularly and to come prepared to discuss the topic announced the week before by the section leader. Classroom participation will be one factor in determining grades.
Grading:
The grades for students electing Plan A will be determined by computing the average grade on the paper, the midterm examination and the final examination; all three will count equally.
Grades for students electing Plan B will be determined by weighing the midterm, final and paper grades at 30% each and performance in section at 10%
CLCV 205: Introduction to Ancient Greek History (Fall, 2007)
Syllabus
Professor: Donald Kagan, Sterling Professor of Classics and History, Yale University
Description: This is an introductory course in Greek history tracing the development of Greek civilization as manifested in political, intellectual, and creative achievements from the Bronze Age to the end of the classical period. Students read original sources in translation as well as the works of modern scholars.
Texts:
Pomeroy, Burstein, Donlan and Roberts. Ancient Greece. Oxford University Press: New York, 1999.
Kagan, Donald. "Problems in Ancient History." In The Ancient Near East and Greece. 2nd ed., vol. 1. Prentice-Hall: New York, 1975.
Herodotus, The Histories.
Plutarch, The Rise and Fall of the Athens.
Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War.
Requirements:
Students will have an opportunity to choose one of two programs for completing their work in the course:
Plan A
Students electing Plan A will take an in-class midterm and final examination. The midterm will cover all assigned readings to that date. Students in this program will also submit a paper on Herodotus, not to exceed 1500 words. The topic for the paper will be announced in class.
Plan B
Students electing Plan B will take an in-class midterm and final examination and will enroll in discussion sections which meet once a week for fifty minutes. These sections will offer the students an opportunity to discuss in detail issues raised in the course. Students in Plan B are encouraged to propose topics for discussion to the teaching fellow who will lead the discussions. Students following Plan B will submit a paper, not more than 1500 words long, on a topic of their own choosing, subject to the approval of the section leader.
Students in Plan B are required to attend their section meetings regularly and to come prepared to discuss the topic announced the week before by the section leader. Classroom participation will be one factor in determining grades.
Grading:
The grades for students electing Plan A will be determined by computing the average grade on the paper, the midterm examination and the final examination; all three will count equally.
Grades for students electing Plan B will be determined by weighing the midterm, final and paper grades at 30% each and performance in section at 10%
Akron, that hotbed of culture, CLETUS is in the building
where there was an acrimonious campaing to SAVE THE SEWERS last fall, now has entertainment to equal:
For your Patriot Day Celebration, after the SPAM, consider:
( http://www.akron.com/akron-ohio-entertainment-news.asp?aID=5834 )
for a True ROLLING STONES EXPERIENCE byob no doubt! for the PINK FLOYD experience, well, bring 3.
Happy Holidays!
For your Patriot Day Celebration, after the SPAM, consider:
The festival will be open with free admission July 2-3 from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Musical entertainment at Lock 3 Park July 2 will begin at 7 p.m. with Cletus Black, followed by The Machine, America’s Premier Pink Floyd Experience. On July 3, The Juke Hounds and Satisfaction, a Rolling Stones Experience, will
perform, beginning at 7 p.m.
( http://www.akron.com/akron-ohio-entertainment-news.asp?aID=5834 )
for a True ROLLING STONES EXPERIENCE byob no doubt! for the PINK FLOYD experience, well, bring 3.
Happy Holidays!
Jun 30, 2009
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Jane Austen channels George A. Romero . . . .
that illustration is from the pdf version, link below
I am reading the mash-up novel PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES; mash-up, a term often used with videos posted on youtube..... and its illustrated!
Original text: http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/ppv1n01.html
Zombiefied:
IT IS A TRUTH universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains. Never was this truth more plain than during the recent attacks at Netherfield Park, in which a household of eighteen was slaughtered and consumed by a horde of the living dead.
Original:
IT is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
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ZOMBIEFIED, next few grafs, featuring the harpie wife and enduring Mr. Bennet:
“My dear Mr. Bennet,” said his lady to him one day, “have you heard that Netherfield Park is occupied again?”
Mr. Bennet replied that he had not and went about his morning business of dagger sharpening and musket polishing—for attacks by the unmentionables had grown alarmingly frequent in recent weeks.
“But it is,” returned she.
ORIGINAL, next few grafs.
``My dear Mr. Bennet,'' said his lady to him one day, ``have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?''
Mr. Bennet replied that he had not.
``But it is,'' returned she; ``for Mrs. Long has just been here, and she told me all about it.''
+++++++++++ big bucks in the right idea.....:
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6650434.html?q=Pride+and+Prejudice+and+Zombies
Zombie Mash-up Lands Author Six-Figure Deal
By Rachel Deahl -- Publishers Weekly, 4/9/2009 8:24:00 AM
Seth Grahame-Smith's surprise hit from Quirk Books, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, may have been launched as something of a lark, but that hasn't stopped its author from landing a major deal. Grand Central Press editor Ben Greenberg has just inked a two-book deal with Grahame-Smith for a rumored $575,000; Grahame-Smith's first book for GCP, which currently has no pub date, will be Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. (A rep from GCP would not comment on the size of the advance.)
Grahame-Smith has, up until this point, written tongue-in-cheek pop culture titles for Quirk such as The Big Book of Porn: A Penetrating Look at the World of Dirty Movies and How to Survive a Horror Movie. But after the unexpected success of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies--which came on assignment from Quirk's editorial director, Jason Rekulak--he has been lifted into another literary stratosphere. (Quirk currently has more than120,000 copies in print of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, after publishing the book on April 1.)
The proposal for Grahame-Smith's new book sold at auction Wednesday and the story is a loose sketch of Lincoln's life with one twist--honest Abe is the world's most skilled vampire hunter. Claudia Ballard at William Morris handled the deal, which was for North American rights. We also hear a film proposal has already started circulating and that William Morris is also handling film rights.
that illustration is from the pdf version, link belowI am reading the mash-up novel PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES; mash-up, a term often used with videos posted on youtube..... and its illustrated!
It reads like Jane Austen had an affair with Edgar Allen Poe under a portrait of Vincent Price, where they read Dracula to each other (it was written later, I know), along with Clauswitz on War along with Sun Tzu's ART OF WAR. There seems to be bits of flagellation . . . .
ITS far more than TOLERABLE.
a bit of comparison can be fun,
Zombiefied, 3 chapters: http://irreference.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/zombies_pp7-16.pdf
a bit of comparison can be fun,
Zombiefied, 3 chapters: http://irreference.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/zombies_pp7-16.pdf
Original text: http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/ppv1n01.html
Zombiefied:
IT IS A TRUTH universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains. Never was this truth more plain than during the recent attacks at Netherfield Park, in which a household of eighteen was slaughtered and consumed by a horde of the living dead.
Original:
IT is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
++++++++
ZOMBIEFIED, next few grafs, featuring the harpie wife and enduring Mr. Bennet:
“My dear Mr. Bennet,” said his lady to him one day, “have you heard that Netherfield Park is occupied again?”
Mr. Bennet replied that he had not and went about his morning business of dagger sharpening and musket polishing—for attacks by the unmentionables had grown alarmingly frequent in recent weeks.
“But it is,” returned she.
ORIGINAL, next few grafs.
``My dear Mr. Bennet,'' said his lady to him one day, ``have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?''
Mr. Bennet replied that he had not.
``But it is,'' returned she; ``for Mrs. Long has just been here, and she told me all about it.''
+++++++++++ big bucks in the right idea.....:
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6650434.html?q=Pride+and+Prejudice+and+Zombies
Zombie Mash-up Lands Author Six-Figure Deal
By Rachel Deahl -- Publishers Weekly, 4/9/2009 8:24:00 AM
Seth Grahame-Smith's surprise hit from Quirk Books, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, may have been launched as something of a lark, but that hasn't stopped its author from landing a major deal. Grand Central Press editor Ben Greenberg has just inked a two-book deal with Grahame-Smith for a rumored $575,000; Grahame-Smith's first book for GCP, which currently has no pub date, will be Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. (A rep from GCP would not comment on the size of the advance.)
Grahame-Smith has, up until this point, written tongue-in-cheek pop culture titles for Quirk such as The Big Book of Porn: A Penetrating Look at the World of Dirty Movies and How to Survive a Horror Movie. But after the unexpected success of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies--which came on assignment from Quirk's editorial director, Jason Rekulak--he has been lifted into another literary stratosphere. (Quirk currently has more than120,000 copies in print of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, after publishing the book on April 1.)
The proposal for Grahame-Smith's new book sold at auction Wednesday and the story is a loose sketch of Lincoln's life with one twist--honest Abe is the world's most skilled vampire hunter. Claudia Ballard at William Morris handled the deal, which was for North American rights. We also hear a film proposal has already started circulating and that William Morris is also handling film rights.
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of interest only to a librarian, but the terms are hyperlinkes, so if you like a topic you can find other similar works. Click zombies in your local library catalog and see what you can find! (probably librarians)
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Jun 29, 2009
Blue Eggs and White Mushrooms (2 videos)
Orange has laid her blue eggs, and she winked a proud wink.
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and BLACKIE, all black squirrels are called blackie, was caught dining in tree . . .
but are they magic? the volume is a bit loud, the song short and repeated.... but fits......
ah, nature. Yes, magic, blackie jumped on a flying carpet and landed at Skyway for a burger.....
remember, you can go full screen by clicking the screen icon in the lower lefthand corner, befor the up arrow carrot.
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and BLACKIE, all black squirrels are called blackie, was caught dining in tree . . .
but are they magic? the volume is a bit loud, the song short and repeated.... but fits......
ah, nature. Yes, magic, blackie jumped on a flying carpet and landed at Skyway for a burger.....
remember, you can go full screen by clicking the screen icon in the lower lefthand corner, befor the up arrow carrot.
Jun 27, 2009
Pride and Prejudice (with a zombie or two?)
Everything about PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, I plan to download a copy and count how many times the word 'tolerable' is used.
http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/pridprej.html
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Pride and Prejudice
VOLUME I
CHAPTER I (1)
IT is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in
possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be
on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well
fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is
considered as the rightful property of some one or other of
their daughters.
``My dear Mr. Bennet,'' said his lady to him one day, ``have
you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?''
Mr. Bennet replied that he had not.
``But it is,'' returned she; ``for Mrs. Long has just been
here, and she told me all about it.''
Mr. Bennet made no answer.
``Do not you want to know who has taken it?'' cried his wife
impatiently.
``_You_ want to tell me, and I have no objection to hearing
it.''
This was invitation enough.
``Why, my dear, you must know, Mrs. Long says that Netherfield
is taken by a young man of large fortune from the north of
England; that he came down on Monday in a chaise and four to
see the place, and was so much delighted with it that he agreed
with Mr. Morris immediately; that he is to take possession
before Michaelmas, and some of his servants are to be in the
house by the end of next week.''
``What is his name?''
``Bingley.''
``Is he married or single?''
``Oh! single, my dear, to be sure! A single man of large
fortune; four or five thousand a year. What a fine thing for
our girls!''
``How so? how can it affect them?''
``My dear Mr. Bennet,'' replied his wife, ``how can you be so
tiresome! You must know that I am thinking of his marrying one
of them.''
``Is that his design in settling here?''
``Design! nonsense, how can you talk so! But it is very
likely that he _may_ fall in love with one of them, and
therefore you must visit him as soon as he comes.''
http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/pridprej.html
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Pride and Prejudice
VOLUME I
CHAPTER I (1)
IT is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in
possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be
on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well
fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is
considered as the rightful property of some one or other of
their daughters.
``My dear Mr. Bennet,'' said his lady to him one day, ``have
you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?''
Mr. Bennet replied that he had not.
``But it is,'' returned she; ``for Mrs. Long has just been
here, and she told me all about it.''
Mr. Bennet made no answer.
``Do not you want to know who has taken it?'' cried his wife
impatiently.
``_You_ want to tell me, and I have no objection to hearing
it.''
This was invitation enough.
``Why, my dear, you must know, Mrs. Long says that Netherfield
is taken by a young man of large fortune from the north of
England; that he came down on Monday in a chaise and four to
see the place, and was so much delighted with it that he agreed
with Mr. Morris immediately; that he is to take possession
before Michaelmas, and some of his servants are to be in the
house by the end of next week.''
``What is his name?''
``Bingley.''
``Is he married or single?''
``Oh! single, my dear, to be sure! A single man of large
fortune; four or five thousand a year. What a fine thing for
our girls!''
``How so? how can it affect them?''
``My dear Mr. Bennet,'' replied his wife, ``how can you be so
tiresome! You must know that I am thinking of his marrying one
of them.''
``Is that his design in settling here?''
``Design! nonsense, how can you talk so! But it is very
likely that he _may_ fall in love with one of them, and
therefore you must visit him as soon as he comes.''
Jun 26, 2009
no blue eggs yet.....
For the first time Orange, the Robin, spent the night in its nest, maybe eggs are there, or on the way?
hope to get that picture this weekend (for weekend update).===
Now, if you rub this hard enough:
Think ARABIAN NIGHTS.......
Jun 23, 2009
New Neighbors, Construction, Little Ones anticipated
We call her Orange.
Talk about feathering your nest, and no hammer! The nest is right outside the living room window, where the squirrels frolick in the winter. And how she rotates to evenly build, like a winged whirling derb-robin. Note the one on the grounds gets the worm (and it was the afternoon....)
experts say:
The quintessential early bird, American Robins are common sights on lawns across North America, where you often see them tugging earthworms out of the ground. Robins are popular birds for their warm orange breast, cheery song, and early appearance at the end of winter. Though they’re familiar town and city birds, American Robins are at home in wilder areas, too, including mountain forests and Alaskan wilderness.
from: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/american_robin/id the link has a lot more.
My camera will be watching for the next step: Blue Eggs or the neighborhood stray cat (we throw sticks and rocks at it, nasty looking with its one eye . . . ), but it can run like the wind....
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Talk about feathering your nest, and no hammer! The nest is right outside the living room window, where the squirrels frolick in the winter. And how she rotates to evenly build, like a winged whirling derb-robin. Note the one on the grounds gets the worm (and it was the afternoon....)
experts say:
The quintessential early bird, American Robins are common sights on lawns across North America, where you often see them tugging earthworms out of the ground. Robins are popular birds for their warm orange breast, cheery song, and early appearance at the end of winter. Though they’re familiar town and city birds, American Robins are at home in wilder areas, too, including mountain forests and Alaskan wilderness.
from: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/american_robin/id the link has a lot more.
My camera will be watching for the next step: Blue Eggs or the neighborhood stray cat (we throw sticks and rocks at it, nasty looking with its one eye . . . ), but it can run like the wind....
end
Jun 20, 2009
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