<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div> It is the best of days. The feeders are filled with more goldfinches than someone with my limited math skills could count. Two Brown Thrashers act as a pair, one forever shadowing the other. On the ground under the feeders are ten Indigo Bunting males. I know because my wife counted them. Birds bring comfort and prove that every abnormal cloud has a silver lining.</div><br><div dir="ltr">Al Batt </div><div dir="ltr">Freeborn County<div><div><h1 class="quoteText" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px;"><br></h1></div></div></div><br><br><div dir="ltr">Al Batt<div><br><div><h1 class="quoteText" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: 17.33333396911621px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“If you judge people, you don't have time to love them.”--Mother Teresa</span></h1></div></div><div><a href="http://twitter.com/batt_allen">http://twitter.com/batt_allen</a></div><div>Podcast <a href="https://soundcloud.com/kmsu/sets/birding-with-batt">https://soundcloud.com/kmsu/sets/birding-with-batt</a></div><div>Blog <a href="http://www.albatt.com/blogs" style="font-size: 13pt;">http://www.albatt.com/blogs</a></div></div></body></html>