There have been a lot of sunrises since I last posted. Each one is unique. I didn’t expect November to be so busy! There is a Hawk Watch in Zion and one a bit further away at Fort Sheridan. Early November had some exciting targets which we missed so we keep going to see if we can still get some good birds. Normally the hawks migrate on north and northwest winds. Yes, that means colder temperatures. We really froze one morning! Since then we have had south winds and it warmed up again. I guess you need to have cold winds to get good hawks. Here are a few of our birds.
Those are just the raptors. I’ll save sparrows and finches for another day.
We had a fun socially distanced birthday party for Doug out in the driveway, complete with Lenos! I’m glad it was a warm day with no rain.
Sheridan Road is under construction. They repaired a lot of curbs and manhole areas. Then they scraped off the top layer. Now they are perfectly the manholes before they actually pave it. This project extends from Cory to Glen Flora. We have been parking the white car in the hospital lot and leaving the blue car in the garage. There is more road nose with the grooved pavement.
Dad worked hard to get all the leaves raked up and the gutters clean. I vacuumed the leaves in the side garden but left all the weedy perennials standing so the birds can enjoy them. We haven’t had any special birds in the yard lately but you never know what could show up.
I hope everyone is safe and healthy. Dad and I are super careful and doing fine.