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Snow, that is. We're up to about two inches over our entire average annual snowfall here in Chicago, and it's only mid-January.
Today I saw two peregrine falcons within ten feet of each other in Edgewater. Clearly mates. They may be the ones who nest on top of that retirement hive at the NW corner of Devon and Broadway. I've been finding pigeon carcasses plucked by hawks in that area for years, so I'm betting yes.
Two days ago I surprised a red tailed hawk as it was ripping nibbles out of a roadkilled bunny on a quiet, snowy street in Skokie. Took pix with my phone, which I will spare you. It ignored me where I was parked 30 feet away and watching, until someone drove up from the other end of the street. Then it flew into a low tree nearby and looked daggers at us.
Crows continue to come around--with all the snow, the bitter cold, and sometimes both at once, they have decided they like my feeder enough to spend much of the day hanging around. Two of them in particular will hang out in front of the house and try to lure me playing into copycat, which I will do if I'm already outside, but not for long in this cold. Some crows have been "dogfighting"--usually a mating behavior, unless it's pure gimme-that-peanut behavior. Kind of early for that. Usually they begin the mating flight behavior in February.
I've been in my pajamas since just after noon. Pure luxury!
Wrote 22 lame-o pages of a comic book story. I didn't expect much of it; just wanted to string some episodes together and see if and how they sucked. Yup, they do, and I think they need more intense, more focused conflict. Need to get this done by Friday for a contest, only open to derby girls writing about derby.
Today I saw two peregrine falcons within ten feet of each other in Edgewater. Clearly mates. They may be the ones who nest on top of that retirement hive at the NW corner of Devon and Broadway. I've been finding pigeon carcasses plucked by hawks in that area for years, so I'm betting yes.
Two days ago I surprised a red tailed hawk as it was ripping nibbles out of a roadkilled bunny on a quiet, snowy street in Skokie. Took pix with my phone, which I will spare you. It ignored me where I was parked 30 feet away and watching, until someone drove up from the other end of the street. Then it flew into a low tree nearby and looked daggers at us.
Crows continue to come around--with all the snow, the bitter cold, and sometimes both at once, they have decided they like my feeder enough to spend much of the day hanging around. Two of them in particular will hang out in front of the house and try to lure me playing into copycat, which I will do if I'm already outside, but not for long in this cold. Some crows have been "dogfighting"--usually a mating behavior, unless it's pure gimme-that-peanut behavior. Kind of early for that. Usually they begin the mating flight behavior in February.
I've been in my pajamas since just after noon. Pure luxury!
Wrote 22 lame-o pages of a comic book story. I didn't expect much of it; just wanted to string some episodes together and see if and how they sucked. Yup, they do, and I think they need more intense, more focused conflict. Need to get this done by Friday for a contest, only open to derby girls writing about derby.
