green except too damn hot @green@awoo.space

at that point I couldn't help laughing a lot, but I finally did the *sensible* thing and got two more boxes, and put each of the juncos in one box, and it went much better after that. XD young birds need flight practice, I guess?

tree swallows are a joy to feed, they're always friendly and hungry. barn swallows are much more aloof. and as usual, robins will ATTACK YOUR FACE FOR FOOD. (4/?)

later on, while trying to clean their enclosure, I played an round of "junco juggling." caught one, put it on the temporary box so I could clean their cage; caught the second, put it in the box; caught the third--but when I tried to put it in the box one of the others escaped. I got the net and caught it, and when I went to put it in the box--a different one escaped. I caught *that* one, went to put it in the box--AND THE OTHER TWO ESCAPED. (3/?)

it turned out I was the only volunteer in the bird nursery; we usually have two volunteers and an intern. at least there *was* an intern this time, as opposed to last week when we just had two volunteers. so I kept busy the entire shift--not too bad, but solidly busy.

for whatever reason we don't seem to get many wrens in the rescue center, but now we have a tiny wren nestling, fresh-hatched. so cute! it *vibrates*! XD (2/3)

while walking to volunteering from the bus stop, I saw a raccoon fishing in the runoff pond next to the center. I got a couple of pictures as it froze and WATCHED ME VERY INTENTLY while I walked around the corner and up the driveway. that's the first (live) raccoon I've seen "in the wild" (the ones at the rescue center don't really count) in years. I also passed a young crow trying to imitate the adult crow rattle, sounded like a crow-purr! (1/?)

I can hear the Coopers' hawk fledglings outside, sounding like angry squeaky toys, and it's really pretty hilarious. XD

oh my goooosh I want to gooooo *whine* especially to see the Allosaurus! but also especially to see ALL OF IT!! https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/07/smithsonian-dinosaur-hall-behind-the-scenes/566405/

@noelle Ed Yong is a national treasure. ^____^

Go Team MonkeyWeaselRocket! #kittenthings

want to write about volunteering today but, tired. remind me to write about it tomorrow. maybe as a DW post too... should post there more often. for tonight, though, I'll just say "welcome to August" and "dream well, dears." I'm not quite going to sleep just yet, but soon. <3

@noelle and spell it "LMNOP"?

@anthracite once when I was in high school in Humboldt County, somebody made big stencils of traffic-sign people doing various things, like sitting down, eating from a can, petting a sign-dog, and spray-painted them in various colors on the roadways around my neighborhood. my walk to school that morning was wonderfully surreal, and that afternoon my friends and I went to see if we could find them all. XD

I am *shrieking with laughter* at these. IT'S ALL TRUE.
https://twitter.com/AnneNotation/status/1024105513875779584?s=19

glance up into a ceiling corner--oh hey, big ol' green cricket-thing. dude... this is not a safe place to hang out. I mean, you're probably safe from spiders, but we have a hungry little ball of fluffy plasma that will eat you in a heartbeat if you come down here. #kittenthings

@Jacel aahahahahahahah
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*siiiiigh*