The Cinnamon Toast Bird

Carolina Wren AKA Cinnamon Toast Bird

The wind blew from the south the past couple of days, and oh, the birds it blew in. Migration has been a solid two to three weeks late, but the birds are making up for lost time. Although the Cinnamon Toast Bird....so named by me because of its warm just-right-toast and cinnamon colors....is a year round resident...the travelers are coming by.

The Red-winged Blackbirds are back in good sized flocks, Common Grackles just that...common...Killdeer seen at the boat launch and heard here at the farm.

A Barred Owl that my dad carved.
Mom dug for days to find the photo

Plus Wood Ducks, first Great Blue Heron of the year and Song Sparrows at the feeders, although we have seen a couple while out on the road.

Northern Shrike

Today the wind is strong from the east with rain coming in. 

I dunno if you saw that Facebook video of the result of the horrendous storm that hit the Plains, but it is staggering. Unimaginable. And any other adjectives you might come up with in your nightmares.

Haven't seen many news stories about it. Guess the media is too busy being shocked by something that surprised no one to notice a disaster in the part of the country they love to ignore. Without Facebook would we even know that it happened?

Killdeer