Sometimes Judy lets me do everything, but those times are fewer as the days go by. More and more, of course, she has to do stuff herself, even if she can only do it with one hand. I still brag that I’m her left-hand man, and I am, but only when I can get to whatever it is she wants before she does.
Fall is in the air
In the mornings, it’s below 80 outside, and we have more humidity than Fahrenheits. 
The high will still be in the nineties though. Fahrenheits for sure. Humidity, maybe.
The high will still be in the nineties though. Fahrenheits for sure. Humidity, maybe. Here is the problem
There is a puzzle piece missing.
On the map that shows counties in which we have reported birds, there is one blank county, surrounded by counties where we have reported birds. One county, that close to where we live. (We live in the reddest county below it.)(In this case, red just means more birds reported.)(Although from a political perspective, this is Texas, they’re probably all red.)
The solution:
A drive to Jim Hogg County. Nine species reported, including white-tailed hawk. Problem solved!
Now, to deal with those other approximately eight thousand counties in Texas… Oops
We just hit 450 birds for the year. The last four found were: Groove-billed AniMourning WarblerAlder FlycatcherAnd today, Yellow-throated Warbler I was thrilled to stumble into the Yellow-throated Warbler, but it’s September 30th. If we happen to see another new bird in the next three months, there goes our nice round number.
My angry tweet of the day
In Florida, the owners of a nursing home are being held criminally responsible for the deaths of their residents, because they didn’t exercise sufficient care and concern to protect them during and after a hurricane. Who will be held criminally responsible for the deaths in Puerto Rico, not for those who died directly during the hurricane, but for the lack of care and concern afterwards?