Common Birds 76 - Nuthatch — Boundary Effects

May 2

May 2 Common Birds 76 - Nuthatch

Wednesday, May 1

A nuthatch gives a little call when I step out of the parking lot and into the woods. I see him, alone, scanning the branches for food. It’s a good day. Any day I see a nuthatch is a good day, a rule I started when I lived in Potsdam and saw them almost everyday.

When I first started birding, I briefly considered changing my favorite bird from nuthatches to something rarer or more vibrant. Then I said to my soul, Soul, you have a good thing going if you can see your favorite bird everyday, and that’s enough to declare the day good. And anyway, I don’t think I could change even if I wanted to. Nuthatches are too great.

Also, there are robins just everywhere right now, I almost forgot to say.

Living in the North Country, Boundary Effects is a blog by Austin Jantzi. Though a physicist, I write mostly about books, sometimes about music, but generally about whatever I find interesting.

May 2 Common Birds 76 - Nuthatch

Living in the North Country, Boundary Effects is a blog by Austin Jantzi. Though a physicist, I write mostly about books, sometimes about music, but generally about whatever I find interesting.

Living in the North Country, Boundary Effects is a blog by Austin Jantzi. Though a physicist, I write mostly about books, sometimes about music, but generally about whatever I find interesting.

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Living in the North Country, Boundary Effects is a blog by Austin Jantzi. Though a physicist, I write mostly about books, sometimes about music, but generally about whatever I find interesting.