Author: doug

Because of course

Teros are common here: raucous, aggressive when they feel threatened, and apparently loving to park themselves in the middle of things. Not all that long ago, they appeared to be thinking about building a nest where I was standing. Not only in the middle of the path, but in the sitting area. Happily they changed their mind. I was thinking I’d need to make “detour” (desvío) signs to steer pedestrians away from the nest.

For the past two or three years, a tero couple (same ones?) have had chicks in the spring, two out of three of which survived to adulthood.

BAM!

The blue tape on our glass sliding door is at human eye level. The lower tape is at dog eye level. We did have a human walk into the door and break it years ago, and the dogs tend to go crazy when they see birds in the backyard and I don’t want them slamming into the glass (plate glass BTW; outlawed for this use in the USA 50 years ago).

Unfortunately, the pigeon paid no attention to either. RIP.

Hey you! A reminder!

Always work cartefully! Especially with the shirll!

We’ve awoken to frost several days in a row. I decided I should get organized and have a small toolbox in the house, so I don’t have to venture out to the barbacoa in nasty weather in order to get something simple done inside. Our local Emaus thrift store had just the ticket: full size pliers, cutters, and needle-nose pliers for just under USD 11.

I’ll go way out on a limb and speculate that perhaps they’re not the best quality, but for occasional use I expect they’ll work just fine.