A couple of days ago the birds flew away. I didn't see them go. They didn't leave as much of a mess on the carport floor like the past batches have done to my car in the same place. I was listening to Vitamin Z again today. They're a one-hit-wonder band with the song Burning Flame as their entry ticket to that honor. I had an exciting weekend and went canoeing with my neighbors. It was ok. I got dumped into the water at the beginning so my jeans were soaked the whole time we were on the river. I was not expecting to get in the water, let alone water over my head. Thankfully I had a  life vest on and came to the surface pretty quick. One un

There appear to be live robin babies after all. I haven't seen how many. The mother is doing something peculiar when I come out where she arches her back with her beak and tail sloped up. When she's like that, she's rigid and motionless. At the lake, there was a duck that was really bold. It landed in the lawn near where we were staying. There were two rafts in the lake maybe ten feet apart. One had someone sunbathing and she was hanging out on the other like nothing was wrong. My uncle put a owl on his raft which is supposed reduce the bird droppings on the raft.