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Today's Bird Sightings 900 American black ducks Mammals Today's Reading: Woman Alone: A Farmhouse Journal by Carol Burdick, Wild Fruits by Henry David Thoreau
Copyright © 1999, Janet I. Egan |
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Once again the simple act of taking the strainer out of
the drain loosed a flood upon the world, or at least the
general vicinity of the sink. The cap
I have not got a lot to say lately - today or any other day, spoken or written. Nancy suggested I just put pictures with captions in the journal - and lists of birds of course.
What this means in practical terms is it was full high tide in the salt marsh when I got there. Water, water everywhere. Kind of like the sink this morning. This attracted lots and lots and lots of black ducks. I lost count at 900. I'm sure there were more. General rule: More water, more black ducks. Less water, more Canada geese. Also means more edibles like mice and voles are driven out of the marsh into places where they are more visible. Cats tend to gather by the side of the road near the refuge entrance at these times, and I saw a few of them today. I thought owls might come closer too, but didn't see any.
Not a lot of beach to walk on with the tide so high. Lots of birders around but not many interesting birds. At least without a scope. Many sea ducks were bouncing around on the surf at Emerson Rocks but with binoculars I could only make out eiders and surf scoters. I'm told all three scoter species were there, but I couldn't recognize them.
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Samantha
got adopted! When I saw her name on the board I cheered.
She's been such an unhappy cat for so long, it's thrilling
to know she's found someone to love. Kendra says the woman
picked her up this morning just before I got in. I am
ecstatic!
popped off the trap again. The threads are basically
stripped and it comes off really easily. I slid the big
galvanized bucket under it quickly so I didn't make quite as
much of a mess as the last time. The water didn't reach the
laundry room this time. Somehow I took the flood in stride
and got everything done in plenty of time.
Samantha's
person managed to call three times for advice before I left,
but it seemed like the usual new adopter jitters, not any
second thoughts about Samantha. It looks like the
Thanksgiving miracle will stick. 
We
still have slew of black cats. One of them even shares my
name.
It's
another fantastically warm day. The morning was cloudy/foggy
and a little dismal but the clouds let up around noon. The
high tide today is unusually high: 12.76 feet at 11:41 AM
according to my hand dandy tide chart. Sunset is at 4:16 PM
according to my tide chart too. 
The
coyote was finding plenty of prey. I don't even want to know
what he's got in this picture. I couldn't see it behind the
clump of grass. 
