[Public-List] Victoria Day Weekend

[Gordon Laco]

Happy Victoria Day.

I think we’re the only country which still celebrates the old Queen’s birthday… perhaps not so much out of loyalty to her these days as a disinclination to give up a spring long weekend.

Had a good day on SURPRISE yesterday, There was, however, a bit of a calamity.  Last fall I forgot to cover the butt end of the mast… this spring I couldn’t get to the boat until Saturday, at which point I did cover the butt.  Why? So birds don’t nest in there.  What did I see Sunday?  Two frantic starlings with beaks full of food trying vainly to get in.  

Back up the ladder I went, took the cover off and looked in.  Lots of twigs… and lots of ‘peeping’.  Baby birds.  So I left the cover off.   The birds shot in as soon as I climbed down again.  I googled starlings… the babies stay in the nest for three weeks after hatching.  Maybe they’re already a week or two into that period… maybe they’ll be away before the mast goes up… I hope.


Gordon Laco
#426 Surprise
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