This rather scruffy looking bird is a teenager. The youngsters have a brownish heads. Adults have bright – cardinal red – heads. This is not a native bird. According to the Bishop Museum:
Yellow-billed Cardinals inhabit dry forests of S America, from se. Bolivia and c.
Brazil S to n. Argentina (Ridgley and Tudor 1989, AOU 1998), and have been introduced only to Hawai’i I around the world (Long 1981, Lever 1987). It is unknown when or how this species arrived to Hawai’i.
There are not a lot of these guys. They are sort of limited to the area around our little village.
Carlton’s Little Book – January 8 was a busy day. Carlton noted that he went to his first AA meeting – at Foxhall – on this day in 1973. The anniversary of a local boy is recorded. He notes that today is Elvis’s Birthday. It says ELVIS – 1935. And, if Carlton could see his Little Book today – he would be seriously pissed. The book says “2013 – tooth – $1500”. Carlton would be pissed because he sure didn’t get his money’s worth out of that dental repair. He had that tooth for 633 days. For a daily cost of $2.37.
Thought about resolutions for 2015
Resolved 2015
- Stay the course to the old folks asylum. I am an old person.
- Go to at least one real yoga class per week.
- Get rid of all of Carlton’s stuff
- Back at the apartment – start getting ready to move to the old folks asylum.
- Do not buy any new/used clothes without getting rid of TWO items.
- Keep weight around 115 pounds.
- Keep walking.
- And, this is very important now – COOK real food.
Worked on #7 today – I went to the grocery and didn’t buy anything frozen. I will try hard to cook real food and eschew Lean Cuisine.
What a spectacular view from the pier!! I’d sit there forever.