Constant surveillance

Emptied the thistle seed feeder yesterday and washed it, hung it out to dry. Brought the empty feeder in this morning and filled it and hung it out again. By the time I got back inside and started to mix up some frozen orange juice, a chickadee was collecting seeds . . .

Air temperature 61 F, wind south about 7 mph, cloudy. Will probably get out for a bike ride later. Rest of the week looks to be nasty hot.

Sunday roadkill/floral report

Roadkill limited to another loser crow, a flat squirrel miles away from the crow, and numerous blood patches on the road without corpse for ID.

Mullein blooming, both common and "moth" varieties, possible butter-and-eggs, and the usual suspects. Honeysuckle berries turning red, likewise the sumac, and the seed heads of the curled dock have gone to the brown of ripeness.

Got on the bike, up to the country club and over to the road through the bog and thence home. Getting warm out there. Did not die.

15.34 miles, 1:25:45