The Plague Diaries Day 35: This is for the Birds
I'm learning a lot about what goes on around the house. Being here 24/7 certainly illuminates the type and extent of ongoing domestic activity.
For example, a dumbass robin has been body slamming itself into a window for two weeks. Over and over again. I feel like a horrible person to cause this wildlife misadventure. But this bird is a bloody idiot.
Glass-40,000
Robin-0
I'm recording my podcast and you can hear the damn thumping in the background. It sounds like we're being burgled. But in like, slow motion time-lapse.
I mention the robin at the happy hour last night with Kully and Chad and Michael and Sharon.
Kully says he can beat me by 10x.
He says that some cute little birds built a nest under the eaves of his house right by the window where he works all day. These birds had babies. He would type away on his computer and watch bird family do bird things.
Then one day these bluejays came swooping in. One by one, they snatched the babies and ate them. Then the bluejays came back and ransacked the nest. They took out all of the warm fuzzy bits and carted them over to their own nest. Where they relaxed in comfort.
Kully went out and bought a BB-gun in case the bluejays come back. I guess better late than never.
Kully called the bluejays a couple of R-rated names that Sharon and Michael's daughter had never heard before. So Kully's story was educational on several levels.
For example, a dumbass robin has been body slamming itself into a window for two weeks. Over and over again. I feel like a horrible person to cause this wildlife misadventure. But this bird is a bloody idiot.
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| A Dumbass Robin |
First we taped things to the window, which supposedly helps birds see the glass and avoid it. This robin, however, not so much. The score currently stands at:
Glass-40,000
Robin-0
I'm recording my podcast and you can hear the damn thumping in the background. It sounds like we're being burgled. But in like, slow motion time-lapse.
I mention the robin at the happy hour last night with Kully and Chad and Michael and Sharon.
Kully says he can beat me by 10x.
He says that some cute little birds built a nest under the eaves of his house right by the window where he works all day. These birds had babies. He would type away on his computer and watch bird family do bird things.
Then one day these bluejays came swooping in. One by one, they snatched the babies and ate them. Then the bluejays came back and ransacked the nest. They took out all of the warm fuzzy bits and carted them over to their own nest. Where they relaxed in comfort.
Kully went out and bought a BB-gun in case the bluejays come back. I guess better late than never.
Kully called the bluejays a couple of R-rated names that Sharon and Michael's daughter had never heard before. So Kully's story was educational on several levels.
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