Metchosin -

I haven't heard much talk about small bird migrations in Kansas, although I can offer assurance that more than sufficient Canada Goosies are in residence here. In a few residential areas walking is unsafe due to slime layers.

Reports that the annual migration of bald eagles has arrived in some force in some of our nearby "wetlands" (?!) has had a happier reception. At least a dozen pairs reportedly have "established their nests" according to recent newsrag reports.

While the arrival of a couple of dozen noble bird-brains likely has raised the average IQ here (of the nearby counties, if not of the state as a whole) by a couple of points, their failure to actively participate in entrepreneurial activities is not considered a real "boon to the economy." Somewhat to my surprise, the local "moral guardians" appear not to have (yet) noticed there may be objections requiring voices of protest about what the birds might be doing in "their bedrooms" - but that may come later.

It is somewhat amazing that they'd come here to do that, but maybe the eagles haven't been watching the news.

John