Aug 14 2012

Not a scene of carnage

Rosemary

Apparently, a scene of sunbathers.

Warm concrete below + warm sunshine above = toasty warm on both sides.

This was just the other day, when I happened to look out the back door of the breakroom at the DayJob, and spied what seemed to be dozens of pathetic barn swallow corpses strewn about the patio.

When I stepped outside to search for survivors, they all simultaneously startled, glared at me in indignation, and flew off.

But not very far:

possible pre-migration get-acquainted mixer

The skeleton of our wind-stripped event tent seems to be a popular hangout lately.

I think I can be excused for my error, considering that some of these birds were splayed out flat, wings spread, heads limply lolling to one side.

zzzz

But all was well, after all. They just watched me from the tent-supports with great suspicion, until I went back inside, at which point they promptly flew down and splayed themselves out again.

except for one lookout