It's the first of May ... how exciting! Ah, must not forget rule #4 ... don't get too excited because it doesn't help. Out at the edge of the bluff cursing the east wind that blows no good. You might even say, it sucks. The worst birding occurs within your home. The second worst birding occurs during a easterly wind. What a let-down! April is gone and so are the few birds that were here. Standing on the brink of the bluffs waving them in like spitfires returning to Dover doesn't cut it with birds ... especially when they are not there to laugh at me.
I saw one Myrtle warbler this morning. One towhee, briefly. Fewer WT sparrows than the last few days, but they still run the place. One RTH circling. One RBWW and one flicker. Oddly enough, fewer dogs and hardly any vociferous pedestrians with cellphones. Saw only two birders, both with cameras, but they quickly left the scene. What a sad report.
