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Monday, March 23, 2009

birdies

He's back!

The big, bright, beautiful blue jay is back in our yard!

Do blue jays go south for the winter? I don't know. He went somewhere.

The cardinals returned a couple weeks ago, the male apparently having remarried immediately after his wife's death-by-cat. It's caused a bit of gossip among the yard wildlife, but she's here, and they're happy, so whatever.

But no one knows where the blue jay went. All we know is - he's back. Perched just a few feet outside my patio door, so Spike and I could admire him yesterday morning.

Spring has sprung
The crabgrass is riz
Back in my yard
The birdies iz!