Hummer Time warp

["John Morgan" <jmorgan480 at comcast dot net>]

Grief, I just noticed my Windoze date was set two months in advance! 
Teenagers? Nope, that's no excuse....we're empty nesters since Aug 18. 
Yahoo! Baby's off to Dixie State College. Guess I could blame my wife? 
Or not blame at all and enjoy the fact that I've now two more months 
than previously thought.

No, I didn't see a hummingbird in November. Last sighting to date was 
Sept. 16.

But more interesting, I wonder if I saw a Merlin the other day, here in 
West Jordan. It was Kestrel sized, but more powerful with larger head. 
But then, I've learned never to trust my nano-second glimpses. He did 
fly across my backyard field of view, then cut hard and accelerated fast 
to duck between houses as if after something. A silhouette when backlit 
against a white sky, as always, I'm left to wonder. Better to enjoy that 
I did see something, rather than beat myself up over lack of an ID; 
otherwise, what's the point of birding?
John
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