This is a Junko. This particular Junko hit our bedroom window on Saturday. After a little research, I found that the best course of action is to place a stunned bird in a box (with holes, of course) for several hours and then let it go. If it flies away, that’s good. If not, well… that’s bad. Our Junko flew away after four hours in a box in our garage. We hope he’s doing well.

We got a visit yesterday from a few thousand cedar waxwings. They swarmed over the neighborhood and completely covered the trees, cars, roofs, mailboxes and pretty much everything else for that matter. It really did look like something out of ‘The Birds.’ They are very pretty when they fill the sky with choreographed flight, but now that we’ve discovered everything they ‘left behind’ we are glad they’ve moved on. Considering how much of a mess our four little finches make, we should’ve known!

I’ve managed to get a bunch of pictures uploaded to our photo site. There are albums for our taekwondo belt test last fall, our Halloween party, the trip to Wisconsin for Thanksgiving, the newly rebuilt church (Redeemer UCC, where we were married), as well as more pictures of the waxwings. Click the link on the left to check them out.