If you weren’t already convinced of the importance of cleaning your gutters, I have some news.  If you let leaves build up, they will plug the gutters, water will stay in the gutters, AND BIRDS WILL BATHE IN YOUR GUTTERS

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Both Utah and California have Western Meadowlarks.  They’re quite common birds, but it took awhile before I even saw them.  I guess they blend well.  This picture is from last July in Utah.  The poor bird is very hot.

They frequently have their backs turned, which makes them harder to identify.  From the front, it’s very [...]

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Back in the 1890’s, crazy people decided that the United States should be populated with all the birds mentioned in Shakespeare plays. So they let 100 European Starlings loose in Central Park. I’m not kidding.

A lot of people dislike starlings because they’re not native and they thrive here. As I’ve [...]

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