While a screech may not have been LWR’s first bird of the year, two more were added to the fold within days of 2024’s dawning, for a current total of FOUR screeches. Y’all know how I love my screeches, so I’m in hog heaven at the moment with four of the attitudinal little snots on hand—and three of ‘em are red phase!
Screech 3 came in with head trauma but is now eating well and hiding in the back of his box in the blind I always make for screeches.
Meanwhile, the actual first bird of the year was a great horned owl with a massively broken leg—not an auspicious start to the year, as he required euthanasia.