There is a prairie restoration area along the Lock & Dam Road that seems to attract a lot of songbirds and other small birds. The restoration project was paid for by our friends at the Pine Bend Oil Refinery, which is ten miles away. I guess they thought such an environmentally friendly act would either atone for spewing all that pollution into the air for all these years or else be a good public relations move. Whichever, it’s kind of nice down there.

Every hundred yards or so, there is a bird house. The first one I came to is shown in the photo at the top of the page. The second one had a bird sitting on it.

The occupant of the third birdhouse didn’t like me getting so close, apparently. It took off directly at me and swooped threateningly. It got close enough that I felt the need to duck, though I have a feeling that the impact would have hurt no more than getting hit by a Nerf Ball. Then it made a wide turn and swooped again and repeated that process until I moved along. I guess it must have a nest inside there.

Later in my ride I took one more bird-related picture. Warning: it is so cute that even the most cold-hearted of you will exclaim, “Awwwwww!”

The next time you hear from me, I hope to be posting bird pictures from my bike tour in southwest Wisconsin. I assume they have birds there.