Every year about this time, certain wild neighbors start making headlines. Their behavior gets labeled aggressive, and people start calling them jerks—or worse. Inevitably, someone will make an analogy to Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds, and then all heck breaks loose. “It tried to peck my eyes out!” someone will cry. “Scared the living [daylights] outta
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February 19, 2016 Red Winged Blackbirds Every year about this time, people start getting itchy for spring. With the weather warming up, they look for signs that winter’s winding down: a swollen leaf bud, a green sprout, a red, red robin bob, bob bobbin’ along. But as we learned last week, robins aren’t the sure
Bird, Fly, Red-winged black birdAnybody remember the song, “The Boys Are Back in Town,” by the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy? As I recall, it came out in the mid-1970s and described the actions of a gang of tough guys that were, well, back in town, presumably after a prolonged absence. Guess what? The boys are back in town
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