14 October 09
Stormbirds
The remnants of a typhoon have been clobbering us with wind and rain. No birds at all yesterday morning, but then in the afternoon there was a lull, and they came out in numbers. Yellowrumps bathing in the small lake that had collected outside my window, robins, phoebes, and the season’s first junco for me.
Apparently when yellowrumps get wet they show their yellow crown, because they all had one…
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