I'm Going to Kill that Bird!

I'm going to kill that bird!

Okay, maybe I should back up a bit...

What I can see of Kenya is beautiful this morning. At least my view from the bedroom in the house of the Maxwell Academy principal is beautiful. It's wet this morning, just dripping a bit. The principal's house has louvered windows, these are common in tropical places. It's very green, and I can see 4 plumeria trees blooming from my window. White and pink. I'm going to make Jeremy come out and smell them with me later! There are also banana trees out there, which explains the lovely bunches of bananas I saw on the kitchen counter.

The sounds last night varied from the odd to the just plain unnerving! I survived, generally sleeping through them, until this morning when the Alarm Bird started in! I don't know his real name so that is what he is christened until I find out! He is loud, has all of one call, and is sitting in the large tree outside my window. - Guess we should've gotten those ear plugs before we left!

On the other side of the bird spectrum, there are some really cool birds. I guess that's why I read that Kenya is a bird watcher's paradise. I'll try to get some pictures of them later. There's a bird that is a little bigger than a sparrow but has a beautiful burnt orange long tail and a bit of a fuzzy-looking black head. - Don't laugh! I'm not a regular bird watcher! There are also these brown stork-esque birds lightly stepping through the grass outside, eating what I assume are bugs in the grass.

Well, it's getting lighter out now. I don't now what time it is, but it's probably somewhere around 8:00 or so. I'm getting hungry so I should get up. I hear Mom Versteeg out in the kitchen anyway. :) - "See" you later!