On the third day of Christmas

"And an Ossssprey in a pine tree." In the back yard of the Oracle's home in Sarasota there is a tall (willow) Australian Pine tree. On one of its top branches, a Bird of Prey sits almost every day. It is an Osprey and looks like a small Bald eagle. He fishes in the bay and catches other game in our back yard. Yes, this is a fuzzy picture but It was taken from about 150 feet away with my iPhone and that's the best I could do.

Yesterday he was chirping all day and the Kitty (wife) speculated that he was sad and wanted a mate. I thought he might be just wishing us a Merry Christmas but I did not speak Osprey so I could not refute her claim. He is there today again but quiet. I told him a joke this morning and that might have done the trick. It was about the world's shortest fairy tale... A handsome prince asked the beautiful maiden if she would marry him. She said no. And he lived happily ever after.