H. R. Waller
Date: 16 October, 2008
Time: 1006
Location: In front of Kaneko, just before the skybridge.
Weather: somewhat cloudy, mild, 57 degrees.
The past few days as I have been walking out the front doors of my new home in Kaneko, I have heard a peculiar sounding bird cry. Shrill and loud and clear, the call rings throughout the area and almost brings me back to a call like a few of the ones I heard while in Hawaii this past March. Upon looking up to attempt to spot the bird whose call this was, all I could see was the web of tree branches directly above me, and when I stepped out to the side, I still could not identify any movement or bird like animal. This reminded me of a few days ago when I was walking back to Kaneko for lunch after colloquium let out and as soon as I stepped off of the sky bridge and on to the sidewalk leading in to Kaneko, I noticed a tiny little black bird swooping swiftly through the air and then I watched in fascination as it dove into a little round hole on the side of the builing about 2 and a half stories up. I never would have noticed the hole in the all white wall had it not been for this little birdie. Perhaps the call I heard today came from a similar bird hiding out in a wall somewhere.
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