How Rare Is A YellowBellied Sap Sucker?

http://gbbc.birdsource.org/gbbcApps/report?cmd=showReport&reportName=SpeciesLocation&species=yebsap&year=2007

 I’m a Native Californian down to the wire.  Always have been a city girl.  When I moved to the East Coast 15 yrs ago I found the species of birds in this area compelling.  My Significant Other and I became Bird Watchers.  It started with one bird feeder, and just watching the normal habitat of our backyard.  Our Big Back Yard.

We are pretty fortunate I think because we see the following birds on a regular basis: Hummingbirds, Sparrows, House Finches, Goldfinches, Chickadees, Titmouse, Purple House Finches, Bluebirds, Cowbirds, Redwinged Blackbirds, Grackles and my Favorite Nuthatches. We have Mourning Doves and Barn Owls and Mockingbirds too. But I’m not done. We also see Starlings, Common Flickers, Red Bellied Woodpeckers, Downy Woodpeckers, and Juncos.  Cardinals and Robins and Indigo Blue Buntings. Eastern Towhees.  For the first time this weekend we actually saw a Red Breasted Nuthatch, and then a Yellow Bellied Sap Sucker.

The Sap Sucker I think was one of our best sightings ever.  She didn’t stay too long, just only one day.  So we had to mark her as an accidental sighting in our book.  We have Grey Catbirds and Blue Jays and sometimes a Rose Breasted Grosbeak.  Another favorite rarely seen bird for us. 

It’s as simple as hanging out a bird feeder and a few socks of thistle or blocks or bells of suet.  You never know who will show up for dinner!

Case Photos In Madeleine McCann Case

http://picasaweb.google.com/chronictonic1/MarkWarnerResort/photo#5119131032789088018

These are Gerry McCanns own words from his blog online.  There is a part of me that will always take this as a confession.  Strange things happen when inexperienced people put pen to paper.  They leave tracks and marks, even if the pad of paper is online.

“Sometimes people do things for reasons that even they cannot understand,” Mr McCann, a devout Catholic, wrote.

“An act of madness, an accident or sudden impulse can lead to consequences that people may never have imagined or intended.

“Faced with such a situation we believe any human soul will ultimately suffer torment and feelings of guilt and fear.”

Good Parenting

OJ Part II

 After a long wait some of us were able to actually watch OJ Simpson sit in a courtroom and squirm today.  He is facing 12 counts of various felony and misdemeanor charges.  The first two witnesses in the pre trial hearing where shady at best.  It took me all day to get on board.  All I had to do was hear the tape again, the violence in his voice and in the others.  Will Nevada Do what California failed to do and bring this killer to justice on a silver platter?  It is very possible that yes they will.  He could be facing life in prison. 

To watch OJ’s body language today was so telling.  He could not stand it, he is totally in a situation where he cannot Control anyone or anything.  And mark my words for OJ this means trouble.  He is still an angry man.  He still flexes his jaw muscle and taunts the cameras when he knows he is being filmed.  He is all questions with the attorneys when the tape is played.  And he cannot stand it.  I find myself revelling in this.  I feel ashamed and blog about it with others on the CTV message board forum.  And then, I don’t feel so badly.  All I can do is think about Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.  All I can see is OJ sitting in a cell.  And all I can do is smile.  I can’t apologize for that.  I see a very sick man, one that should be watched very carefully.  This just may drive him into another “moment” or a Bronco II as I call it.

The judge, Judge Joseph Bonaventure seems like an honest good man.  He is very attentive. He is also easy on the eyes.  I am sure he will do the right thing.  He let the tape into evidence and the defense team had their head in their hands and were rubbing their temples.  They are screwed; and they know it.  So do I.

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1292151,00.html

http://boards.courttv.com/forumdisplay.php?s=e9037a803aabdd4cdffcd82e4688a8f6&forumid=421

Help Find Little Baby Grace

http://www.baby-grace.org/node/2

If you have any information or happen to notice a child who has not been to daycare suddenly or a neighbor perhaps whose child seems to be absent suddenly, please think of Baby Grace.  This child was loved, at one time.  Then violently bludgeoned and stuffed into a bin.  She was found on a deserted part of Galveston Bay in Texas.  Please think about who you know.  Are all the children you know accounted for?  Has anyone sent a child away recently that resembles this little girl?  Law Enforcement needs your help.  Please help identify this child, age 2 to 3 years, blond hair down to her back, last seen in a pink/red broom skirt matching pink/red small halter with white tee shirt.  Velcro blink shoes.  The little tennis shoes that light up. 

No matter what state you live in, please think about it.  Is everyone you know accounted for?  Someone knows this child.  She was stuffed into a bin after she was killed.  A blue sterilight container bin.  Please do you know anyone who might fit this description?