Talking of reality bird of the day has a new saying in bombed out, the past week has not been conducive to bike riding or even going outdoors so I have had a weeks’ worth of blank days and therefore I have conceded defeat. The last bird was an unexpected Clamorous Reed Warbler in a small pond just up the road. I think most CRW do the sensible thing and leave the rat like a sinking ship. My fellow competitor apparently has two weeks left of common ones and then it would start to get harder, if not impossible without supreme effort. So I stopped on 126 with two gaps so a noble effort but no ceeegar. But wait there’s more we went to the monthly meeting of Birdlife Australia, where a friend was giving a talk on her PhD study on Brolga, and we adjourned to the pub where new rules were thrashed out so that birds can be used in retrospect like a bank deposit and withdrawal system. I’m not sure of the details yet but suffice it to say the contest resumes.
What a week for sport, every team that I barrack for came home, if not a winner then not a loser. Quite exhausting all this sport.