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The Top 10 Excuses for a Disappointing Birdy 30 Tally
10. The weather was too hot/cold/windy/rainy/snowy.
9. My dog ate my list.
8. Birds did not get my memo.
7. Didn’t want to flaunt my superior birding skills.
6. Two words: leap year.
5. The pond/lake/stream/birdbath was frozen.
4. Out of suet.
3. Cooper’s Hawk arrived just after I started
2.The cat knocked my pen on the floor.
But the No. 1 reason is:
1. All the good birds arrived just after the 30 minutes were up.
Got a better excuse? Please share it!