After Friday's drenching rain, we expected a strong fallout of migratory songbirds. We were not disappointed.
There were warblers everywhere - redstarts, palm warblers and yellow-rumps. Phoebes lined up on telephone wires with sharp-tailed sparrows, bluebirds and chipping sparrows. No shorebirds and ducks. Lots of Cedar Waxwings gorging themselves on wild grapes.
I heard a Pileated Woodpecker calling off in the distance. How would he respond to the BirdJam version of his song, broadcast through the Prius' JBL radio speakers? I queued the file and played it once. The woodpecker flew out of the woods and perched on the trunk a tree right next to my car window!
But the biggest bird surprise turned out to be the first sighting this season (for us) of White-throated Sparrows (singing their familiar Old Sam Peabody Peabody Peabody song) and Dark-eyed Juncos. Autumn has arrived.
As the morning warmed up, mosquitoes started to plague us. We gave up on the birding and headed to the Carmike Theater at the mall.
I didn't know what to expect from "Surrogates," other than Bruce Willis in another "save the world" role. Not a great film, but a very interesting and timely premise: humans who never leave the comfort of their homes, live happy and "safe" lives vicariously through robot surrogates.
Spoiler alert: In the end, Willis destroys the idea that humans can be happy without ever going outdoors.
Humor alert: the car chase. Picture Bruce Willis chasing the bad guys in the vehicle of the future - a 2010 Prius! Hear the tires screeching?
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