I was thinking a few days ago that I hadn't seen the two squirrels who visit for peanuts in a while. I was hoping they were okay.
So an interesting series of events happened this morning before I left for my first day...
Between the time my alarm went off for the first time and I got up, I heard "Baby Blue" 🐦 calling outside, behind our building. (That's what I call the young blue jay who hatched this summer. He has a whiny tone and occasionally still begs, so it's easy to recognize him by his voice.)
When I went downstairs, I heard multiple crows calling close by. Opened the front door to talk to them (they were on the electric wire above my driveway), and who was in my yard? Both squirrels! 🤩 I threw a handful of peanuts out for all of them to enjoy. I could hear the Mississippi kites calling as they circled above. They've been hanging out nearby lately, so of course I've been talking to them too.
I was surprised that in that short amount of time, I had contact with all the neighborhood animals that I interact with!
But then... As I was putting on my jewelry right before I left, not just one, but two mockingbirds landed on the roof of the neighbor's house and hung out there for quite a while! I forgot that I see them occasionally!
So I had *5* different species come to wish me well this morning! 😲
What a druidic way to start the first day of the year at a new school 😊
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