tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982462977744808678.post2211701162468568289..comments2024-03-26T17:48:13.000-07:00Comments on The Clerk Manifesto: How to see more birdsFeldenstein Calypsohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04896259011478481374noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982462977744808678.post-25260519701516967002019-09-15T12:01:01.901-07:002019-09-15T12:01:01.901-07:00Horatio Hornblower doesn't like music. He'...Horatio Hornblower doesn't like music. He's tone deaf. Of course, he's also a fictional character. Also, just since I'm being difficult, the spouse of a friend of mine has a fear of birds... soooo... there's that. But the owl thing is just right. It makes me think of cats too. It's hard for me to think of them doing wrong in my eyes, like, one neighborhood kitty I was friends with gave me a gift of a neatly half eviscerated baby bunny. It was so evil and grotesque in its way, and yet it was done by a kitty! So adorable and charming!Feldenstein Calypsohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04896259011478481374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982462977744808678.post-36773985052872176042019-09-14T09:33:05.085-07:002019-09-14T09:33:05.085-07:00You know, I have never, ever in my life heard some...You know, I have never, ever in my life heard someone say, "I don't like music." I have heard, "I don't listen to a lot of music," but even that is rare. It seems the same with wild birds. I have disliked a few domestic birds (especially the one that bit my thumb), but in the wild, always they are perfect beings. In my backyard there is a pair of pigeons that do their cute little hooting noises and land either on the phone lines or on the ash tree; there used to be red-tailed hawks nesting in the neighbor's tree, and, lately (what I wanted to write about), there's been a screech owl at night. And guess what it does? It screeches! Sometimes for half an hour at a time, then later in the night repeats. And the thing is that despite the significant volume, despite the shrill, un-pretty call, I have no problem sleeping in its wake, and no problem when it wakes me up from sleep. On the other hand, if human voices were mumbling, or the TV was on in the other room--those sounds would interfere with my slumber, even my concentration when writing or reading. And now we have a double treat because in we have, once again, a hooting owl--the old fashioned deep hooo-hooo every night. It's just terrific! Grape againhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03104621380731761047noreply@blogger.com