{"id":16246,"date":"2014-06-05T22:36:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-06T04:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/?p=16246"},"modified":"2014-06-05T22:36:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-06T04:36:00","slug":"clouds-and-sunsets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2014\/06\/05\/clouds-and-sunsets\/","title":{"rendered":"Clouds and sunsets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am not accomplishing much\u2026 focused on the small projects and still cleaning out.&#160; Although my cleaning out now is associated with the maintenance of my Sparrow trap\u2026 Sure glad the young ones are&#160; not as weary as the older ones\u2026 I didn\u2019t count them all but figure I \u201cdisposed\u201d of about 10 today\u2026 I have been working that trap for weeks, maybe months and have at most caught 2 or 3 but in the past few days it seems they have all came to <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>check<\/strong> it out and steal some seed\u2026 but just like the Bates Motel, or Hotel California\u2026 they <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>check<\/strong> in but don\u2019t <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>check<\/strong> out\u2026 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/1-IMG_8697.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1-IMG_8697\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"1-IMG_8697\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/1-IMG_8697_thumb.jpg?resize=435%2C435\" width=\"435\" height=\"435\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I emptied it out and with in a few hours I had 3 more\u2026 and <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>one<\/strong> from the <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>house<\/strong> trap, where they were taking over a bluebird house\u2026 not anymore.<\/p>\n<p>Early this <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>morning<\/strong> before I could even get my <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>breakfast<\/strong> down, I had to get out (got a call from Sherrie to go look at clouds) and get pictures of the coming <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>morning<\/strong> rain\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/1-IMG_8677.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1-IMG_8677\" style=\"border-top: 0px; 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