Male House Finch eating a sunflower seed in the rain

Mourning Dove

Keith Richards and Bobby Keys were born on the exact same day – December 18, 1943 – which is the best proof I have for the existence of a cosmic intelligence in the universe.

Today is the first day of The Fortnight of Hullabaloo – a period of frantic activity around the house that starts a week before Christmas and lasts through New Year’s Eve. Note: I intensely dislike hullabaloo.

Female House Sparrow

Data visualization.

Northern Mockingbird

Female Downy Woodpecker

Male House Finch

Female House Finch in the snow

Female House Sparrow

Male House Finch

High security.

Female Downy Woodpecker

Female Downy Woodpecker

American Robin

Black-capped Chickadee

I’m not a social drinker. I’m a social anxiety drinker.

Yep. That’s how I do it.

In my case, it’s more like a week.

Male Downy Woodpecker

Blue Jay

Today is the day that I’m reminded of the fact that I’m the only person in the universe who doesn’t use Spotify.

Female House Finch in the rain

Female Downy Woodpecker

In winter, winds out of the northwest are the bane of my existence. #FuckThePolarVortex

Male House Sparrow

Migrating Canada Geese have apparently decided to add a Goose Shit Obstacle Course to the bike path in the park. Perhaps they felt that using the path should be more challenging. I find that walking fast and having to wave at the other people on the path is challenging enough. My rating: 0/10

A step by step guide.

Male House Sparrow

I was standing in the kitchen playing air drums like Keith Moon to the Who’s ‘Baba O’Riley’ when I got this alert on my Apple Watch.

Every. Single. Time.

Female House Finch with a sunflower seed in its beak

Female Downy Woodpecker

Male House Sparrow

Black-capped Chickadee

Female House Finch

Male House Finch

White-throated Sparrow

Mourning Dove

White-throated Sparrow

Female House Sparrow

Male Downy Woodpecker

Female Downy Woodpecker

HAPPY BOXING DAY EVE, AMERICA

This is getting me through my days. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-407...

The holiday season is always so hectic. Between Krampusnacht and Dies Natalis Solis Invicti ('birthday of the Invincible Sun') there is so much to get done and so many pagan deities to placate.

This this THIS

School lunch should be free. Full stop. Schools should also provide free breakfast and free snacks throughout the day. Children may come to school hungry, but they should never leave it hungry too.