Wednesday 30 September
It’s been one of those ‘hunph’ days. It just happened. Constantly overcast with heavy, sodden clouds.
The news is full on about the first tv debate of the presidential nominees in the US. I never recall that being such big news when I was a kid. I think its down to a few things. The US is obviously the most influential country on the planet. Our relationship with them has never been so critical as we approach the new year needing to strike trade deals with them. Trump and Biden, two seventy-something white men squabbles for the upper hand in what was an embarrassing ‘show’.
The other news was that we have another 7,000 plus confirmed cases of Covid19 in the UK and another 70+ deaths. Too early to determine if the latest measures brought in will help. I am sceptical.
I get to this time of the year and I want to get everything sorted ready for winter. Get the car cleaned inside and out, the chimney swept, the boiler services. Outside, the summer shrubs cut back, the garden furniture covered in tarpaulin. And lots of bird food in.
The sunflowers from the summer are draped over tree branches for hungry tits and sparrows to pick at. But it’s high energy food that they’re predominantly searching for. High protein foods and fats. The Goldfinches are back this year in their numbers. Last year saw a bit of a dip but I counted six at the feeders this morning.
The Bald Birder 