there’s a big pile of starlings all over the cheesecake now, which will  be gone soon.  they keep slapping their wings at each other, trying to knock out the other starlings.  kevin said that earlier, there were hundreds of grackles in the trees and they all swooped down and covered the place, and kevin shooed them away.

but right now it’s almost nothing but starlings – the other birds mostly seem to be afraid of them.  there’s a stray chickadee, and a cardinal or two, but mostly it’s those big aggressive starlings.  how to monitor the birds?

ok then,

icy monday morning grace.