The Big Yard: Birdwatching in a Time of Quarantine

Or: The Evolution of a Lister

A Glossy Ibis takes wing over Willcox Twin Lakes

Day 68 of the Quarantine (May 20, 2020)

            I rise at 4 am to crunching sounds.  Wet crunching sounds. A gut pile the size of a soup bowl rests neatly on the shower floor tile.  I clean it up—no surprises for the wife today.  What she doesn’t know won’t hurt the cats.  Especially since she’s questi…