Sometimes it is amazing how many birds are piled up in these tiny nests. It is no wonder they fledge so quickly. I would too if my siblings were sitting on top of me all day long including when they shit.

In the middle of summer we had a hellacious thunderstorm that produced a tornado in South Asheville. It took out an impressive number of huge old trees in the forests at Biltmore. Downtown though it got very dark and ominous.