Sunday, September 11, 2005
9/11/05
A beautiful day, and completely pleasant. An old friend dropped by and I showed him the pond. He immediately recognized the Bittern, and it sat on the boat for much of the time that we were talking. It isn't landing on my hand and speaking yet (as Camron thinks will happen), but it seems to be more comfortable with me working there. I just trimmed the inner edge of the berm to within 15 or 20 feet of it (maybe. I can't judge distances, estimate the passage of time increments, or remember what day it is - but that's all), and it didn't seem disturbed. I should just draw these close encounters, real big, with crayons. Otherwise I will have to be right in its face to get a photo showing it is a real bird. Probably no rain today, but nice clouds and some intermittent cool breezes.