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Feline Friday: Coming home

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Friends picked us up at Honolulu Airport and dropped us off at home early Thursday evening. As we dragged our suitcases into the garage, we wondered if the cats would be hiding, or waiting to welcome us.

On our first few trips after adopting these three, they would hide until sure who had come into the house. Two of three cats, Kali and Kinikini, revert to the habits developed while living in a cat colony at the top of Aiea Heights, where caution was the best policy. They are very good at finding spots where they can’t be found. Bessie, who spent the least time in the colony, is, under normal circumstances, the only one of the three cats ready to come out and greet people, even strangers.

So, how did it go last night?

Here’s the scene, captured on iPhone video.

A surprise in the evening sky

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The crows, the crows!

From Portland Audubon:

For more than a decade, crows have been gathering throughout the fall and winter to roost in downtown Portland. This roost has been gradually growing over time to the point where today, at its peak, it can exceed 15,000 birds. The sight of thousands of birds converging on the downtown area is truly spectacular. Portland Audubon has worked with the City, Downtown Clean and Safe and other partners for years to protect this roost and to find humane, innovative solutions for conflicts that have arisen. Portland is currently setting a national example for living with crows in an urban environment.

We were walking to find a place for dinner last night around 6:30 pm. It was twilight, about 25 minutes after sunset. As we walked along Morrison Street, we heard the cawing of crows. Looking up, OMG! There they were. By the dozens, then hundreds, and ultimately thousands, streaming towards their evening roosts.

I had the good sense to grab my phone and get a video of some of the action.

Great viewing! But I’m glad we don’t have a car parked beneath any of their roosting spots!

Flashback: Labor Day Dogs, September 5, 2011

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We’ve been enjoying neighborhood dogs for a long time.

This little video was taken eleven years ago, Labor Day in 2011, when we were living in Kaaawa.

It’s fun to see this cohort of Kaaawa dogs, now all long gone.

You’ll notice that back in those days, we distributed large Kirkland dog biscuits from Costco, not the “Small” MilkBones we carry now. In Kaaawa, I carried a bag on our walk to hold the day’s supply of big dog biscuits.

Oh, they liked to see us coming!

Anyway, here’s to the morning dogs, then and now.