Two weeks ago, I posted two days of raptor counts from State Line Hawk Watch.

A birder asked what all the abbreviations stood for.

Do you know? (I left the totals for clues...)

Not many birds at the feeder during the Birdy 30 this a.m..

This guy stopped by to explain why... I'm thinking it was a Cooper's Hawk.

It's not so itsy-bitsy, and it's web measures seven feet across at one point.

What kind is it? What a web the wascal wove. 

In front of the house.

An Allendale resident writes:

I feed birds (and squirrels unintentionally). As of about a month ago, the squirrels have totally disappeared.

I still see them around my place...

Any thoughts?

I trimmed a portion of the invasive Phragmites along Parnell's Path as an experiment to let in more sunlight (to dry the path faster) and to provide a better view of the sky over the lake...

What do you think?