How quickly the time goes! Thanks to all of you for brightening 2006! Our feathered friends will begin returning by Valentine’s day, which is no longer so far away. It would be lovely to tour the rookery and explore its … Continue reading
Thank you for making the send-off party a great success! Some photos, taken by Diane, our resident artist, are below. Some folks are missing from them. How did you manage to duck the paparazzi, Claudia? A couple of clean plastic … Continue reading
Thank you for your replies to the RSVP about the party tomorrow evening. I look forward to seeing those of you who can make it. I have not yet heard from some of you; I hope this means … Continue reading
Have you started designing your costumes? We caused much laughter yesterday at a Michael’s hobby store, trying black and yellow conical objects over our noses as beak substitutes. One employee asked if I was a teacher. What a question! Last … Continue reading
Since the weather has turned cool and wet, Chalo took the liberty of collecting the troughs yesterday evening, cleaning them with bleach, and storing them. We are happy to keep the bird paraphernalia (troughs, buckets, picker uppers, fencing materials, etc.) … Continue reading
No egrets this morning! Last Friday around dusk, we saw four individuals in the periwinkle-covered slope by the parking lot across from building Y. We actually managed to photograph them. Turns out I was mistaken about just three remaining. There … Continue reading
Time to say goodbye to our feathered neighbors for the year and pat ourselves on the back a little for helping them through this horrid summer. Just before dusk yesterday (at around 7:30 p.m.), I counted seven cattle egrets around … Continue reading
I wish I could write that we can relax now because the birds are happily flying South. Sadly, over a hundred cattle egrets are still here, and the mortality is higher than ever. So please, keep up vigilence. Keep refilling … Continue reading
Six birds needed rescuing today: three are in quite poor shape, and one is the youngest chick we’ve seen this year. Some bird parents are in obvious denial about the season’s end. Hopefully these are few. It looks like we’ll … Continue reading