Lincoln City Green 5MR Birding
You know we are experiencing strange times when this adult store window display makes complete sense to anyone walking by:
Two months ago this would have left me scratching my head.
By the end of March my work was closed and Jacob had set up a home office in Lincoln City where we have been able to spend most of our time lately. I've been relying heavily on the ultimate distraction, birding, by obsessing over a new motorless/green list. My first real outing was finally walking to the beach, only 1.3 miles away.
This route takes me past the Abe Lincoln statue, that adult store, a store with "lark" in the name but featuring a drawing of a swallow, and a community garden.
As I approached the garden I heard a completely unexpected sound: California Scrub-Jay!
This was a freakin county bird for me! This is a very unreliable bird in the northern part of the county and not one I was expecting to see in my 5MR anytime soon. While I was standing there a city employee came and…
Two months ago this would have left me scratching my head.
By the end of March my work was closed and Jacob had set up a home office in Lincoln City where we have been able to spend most of our time lately. I've been relying heavily on the ultimate distraction, birding, by obsessing over a new motorless/green list. My first real outing was finally walking to the beach, only 1.3 miles away.
This route takes me past the Abe Lincoln statue, that adult store, a store with "lark" in the name but featuring a drawing of a swallow, and a community garden.
As I approached the garden I heard a completely unexpected sound: California Scrub-Jay!
This was a freakin county bird for me! This is a very unreliable bird in the northern part of the county and not one I was expecting to see in my 5MR anytime soon. While I was standing there a city employee came and…