Bunny Count: 2 rabbits. Chilly (33°F), breezy (maybe 5-10 MPH), and mostly clear skies, with the 1st quarter moon gleaming. 🌓 We had a brief mild snow squall about six hours ago; no accumulation. Not bad for November. 🦃 But at this point, the light jackets are hung up and the beefier coats emerge.

Skipped today's Bunny Count as I made the roast turkey and forgot to account for the fact that we stuff the bird, which slows down the cooking time. No, not with stuffing, actually. With wedges of orange and lemon and onion. Flavorful, but the cooking took longer than I accounted for! But... yum. 🍗

Bunny Count: 7 rabbits (in groups: 2, 3, and 2) on a rather warm (56°F), cloudy (& slightly rainy), calm evening! TBH, we rather expected more rabbits, as damp weather seems to bring them out. No other wildlife spotted tonight.

Went to fencing practice tonight, and we saw no wildlife. Given the signs we saw on the route home, that's a good thing: apparently 25% of deer strikes happen in the month of November! Happily, we saw - and encountered - no deer! 🦌 Or any other critters. 😁

Bunny Count: 13 rabbits (!), on a damp 37°F evening. We had light breezes (probably just coming off the river) and almost fully overcast skies. It was snowing very briefly earlier; that quickly changed to light rain, which eventually stopped. Rain seems to make the bunnies emerge!

I was just a sergeant in the Army - and the National Guard at that. But I was deployed and got the briefing about illegal orders. We trust our officers to spot them as well. Our oath (to the Constitution) is our standard, and against which we are to be judged. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Bunny Count: 1 (!) rabbit. 37°F, light intermittent breezes, and a mostly clear sky tonight. That rabbit was less than half a block from the house; we were starting to wonder: Could we be "skunked" if we didn't see a skunk? Would we score a "goose egg" if we saw no geese? 🦨🦢🥚🤣

Wildlife Inventory: 8 rabbits spotted on a mild (41°F), fully overcast, calm evening. But the 4 turkeys we had to wait for as they crossed the road this afternoon were quite beautiful (too fast for a picture, sorry). I suspect there were more, as these 4 were all hens, but who knows?

Because some things were not meant to be shared. <Sarcasmatron off> My sincere sympathies to all who've had to hear the kind of misogyny such name-calling involves. Our country (and certainly our so-called president) needs to do better.

Bunny Count: 3 rabbits (yes, it's cold outside). Our weather: 32°F, light breezes, and a VERY clear sky. Honorable mention to the red-tailed hawk spotted by car, though!

This one's not just for the health/microbiology nerds: Bird flu is a threat, and it really looks like we're deliberately ignoring a likely transmission route (for various reasons, many of which have to do with lobbying and, you know, money). Yikes. www.propublica.org/article/bird...

Bunny Count: 3 rabbits on a chilly (32°F), clear, nearly calm evening. The air is quite dry, and we bundled up. There were a few small puddles of standing water left from rain we had a while back, but that's it. It's going to be a sparse winter, I think.

Bunny Count: 6 rabbits on a chilly (35°F) somewhat windy, clear night. One of those bunnies was spotted at 0900 this morning, though, in my neighbor's lawn. Well, he was there until she pulled out the electric leaf blower, anyway. (Bunnies *can* fly!)

Every time I go to an SCA event to serve as chirurgeon, I look up the nearest hospital, ER, and urgent care offices and list them on a sticky note inside my clipboard. Usually it's not needed, but on a few occasions it was. The USMC wasn't as prepared. Be prepared taskandpurpose.com/news/marine-...

Bunny Count: 1 rabbit. (Yep.) 35°F, windy, overcast; a bit too wintry for this time of year. And the bunnies said NOPE.

Bunny Count: 3 rabbits (yep, that's it) on a rather blustery, 40°F day with almost fully overcast skies. Not sure if it was the wind or what, but the bunnies weren't having it. We don't have snow on the ground yet, though; they're easier to spot in the snow. We'll see!

Bunny Count: 6 rabbits, spotted on a chilly (36°F), fully overcast day with light breezes off the river. Those skies soon started dropping rain once we'd returned! We're fortunate in that there's only rain in our forecast, though, and not snow. It's that time of year!

See, I normally like authors because I love their books - but this is frosting on an already incredible cake. Thank you, John Scalzi. (And Terry Pratchett too, may he rest in power.)

This woman is *angry*. And I, for one, agree with her. Hey Republicans? Put up or shut up. And in the meantime, stop screwing up what little help we get with health care.

Bunny Count: 9 rabbits on a slightly less chilly (40°F) night sporting light breezes and an overcast sky. We were surprised to find so many! But no pix, as it's dark out; it's flashlight season for bunny hunters.

While I admit to being a Dunkies fan, I've got friends everywhere. You know what to do. 💚

Bunny Count: 6 rabbits on a chilly (again, 39°F), somewhat breezy, semi-overcast evening. TBH, given the wind, we still saw more rabbits than we expected to!

Bunny Count: 8 rabbits on a chilly (39°F), calm, clear night. Actually had to pull the gloves out of the closet for this one. Autumn is progressing, and the nights are getting colder here, but the bunnies were still out tonight, perhaps because it rained yesterday and puddles remained to drink from.

Wildlife Inventory: 6 rabbits, 1 deer on a cool (47°F) calm, clear evening. The moon, just past full, gave us a bit of light, but it was quite low on the horizon when we made our rounds. The deer, which may have been lying down (in someone's backyard!), popped its head up to look at us, but stayed.

This is my old college town back in Ohio. Sweet baby geebus on hockey skates, people. This is NOT the way I was hoping you'd make the headlines. 😟 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Bunny Count: 3 rabbits. No, really, but the patrol was cut short. When we left, we noted the weather: 50°F - rather warm - with a moderate breeze and fully overcast skies. Then we noticed that a light mist was falling. OK, no problem; we continued. Then it progressed to a light rain.

Bunny Count: 6 rabbits on a chilly (40°F), calm, clear evening. While the moon was supposedly full yesterday, it's still pretty close tonight, and cast considerable light for us! TBH, we weren't at all sure how the weather was going to pan out tonight, but not bad. 😁

Bunny Count: 9 rabbits on a comparatively warm (50°F) autumn night. Very light breezes, but fully overcast so we couldn't see tonight's full moon. Oh well. 🌕 We know it was out there!

Bunny Count: 7 rabbits on a chilly (42°F) calm, moonlit evening. We walked after supper, which followed a brief session in the poll booths (and of course bought some brownies from the PTA folx selling them in the school that was tasked with hosting the polls). Great day all around. 😁☑️

Went fencing today, but we still saw 3 turkeys nearby during a drive. Came home through some rather nasty squalls, but our Ford Transit managed like the trooper she is. 🚚😁 Shower and sleep, for tomorrow... we VOTE. Please, for the love of all that's holy, do likewise. 💙🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈☑️

Bunny Count: 6 rabbits (and nobody else!), on a chilly (40°F) evening, with mostly clear skies and no wind, and a wee bit later than usual. As I've believed for a while, I think we're in for a light winter in terms of wildlife counts. In other news, the US Prez is still an idiot. But you knew that!

Bunny Count: 7 rabbits on a brisk (45°F) night with moderate winds and mostly (but not quite) clear skies. More than half the moon's face was illuminated, and we were serenaded by a flight of geese (excuse me, Canadian murder ducks) while counting. Happy flights, geese!

About the Republican shutdown and its consequences, and what to do about it (and how).

Bunny Count: 7 rabbits on a brisk (46°F) fall evening, with thin clouds obscuring most of the sky and giving our quarter-moon a halo. We were also serenaded by a flight of Canadian geese!

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Wildlife Inventory: 8 rabbits and 1 opossum so large we initially thought we were looking at a housecat! The possum was some distance away and was not apparently too concerned by our attention. Weather was mild at 60°F, with light breezes and mostly cloudy skies.

Bunny Count: 10 rabbits, on a chilly (52°F) overcast, lightly breezy evening. A few more than usual. On the other hand, the No Kings rally earlier was incredibly crowded!

Bunny Count: 8 rabbits under cool (50°F) overcast skies sporting light breezes. Dark as it was, some we found parked right next to the road, depending upon stillness to conceal themselves! But no deer tonight.

Bunny Count: 8 rabbits, on a cool (49°F), breezy, and fully overcast evening. Definitely feels like autumn out there; I wore an old Lands End squall jacket for this one. Not sure what's rolling in for tomorrow, but it's rolling.

Hey, OH friends and anyone who's planning on attending OVFF (the Ohio Valley Filk Fest): there's a wee bit of a measles outbreak nearby. VERY nearby, in fact. Please make sure you and your family are protected! www.dispatch.com/story/news/h...

Wildlife Inventory: 8 rabbits, 2 deer. We enjoyed 58°F temps with light breezes, considerable clouds, and rather high humidity (since it's been raining on and off for a few days). Rather surprised we didn't see more bunnies!

Wildlife Inventory is on temporary hiatus while the weather is icky.😬💦💨 We'll return shortly! We did spot 4 turkeys 🦃 yesterday near the road, however.

Wildlife Inventory: 6 rabbits, 2 deer! 58°F, partly cloudy skies (well past sunset), calm winds. They appeared to be two does, and once spotted, watched for a while and then sauntered back into the trees. Spotted near a woodlot between houses, just in front of the house on the left.

Climate change, along with poverty, inequality, and a government that's not doing its job, is killing Americans. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Bunny Count: 9 rabbits under a *very* clear, chilly (50°F) sky with light breezes. We left too early to catch the moon tonight, but at least the bunnies showed up, along with the stars. Wore a sweatshirt, windbreaker, and wool bucket hat to keep warm! And now for a nice cuppa tea.

While a dear friend recovers from surgery, we "assist" by performing a Peep ceremony, during which the Peep is consumed (usually by fire, but we can get creative. So below is my latest contribution to my friend's continued restoration.

Wildlife Inventory: 6 rabbits on a chilly (55°F) autumn evening, with calm winds, clear skies, and a waning moon 🌖 juuust barely peeking over the trees as we headed in. But we spotted the monstrous loaf woodchuck this morning, so he's in the mix too!

(Last night's) bunny count: 6 rabbits, on a cool (66°F) clear night. Our morning rain was apparently insufficiently enticing! Only a few puddles left outside.

This desperately needed to be said, especially as various gov websites erroneously refer to the shutdown as caused by the Dems.

Bunny Count: 6 rabbits on a warm (72°F) evening. We had a mackerel sky earlier, but that gave way to fully overcast - so thick you could not see the just past full moon. 🌖Also some generous breezes; we're expecting rain. Such warm & dry weather as we've had keeps the bunnies in hiding!