While PJ was yo-yoing up and down CHANGABANG's mast, I attempted a different belay this morning. Many CBC visitors over the years have been introduced to Andre', the Anna's Hummingbird, who hangs out on a his favorite willow branch at the top of Fossil Cliff, overlooking the surfers 90 feet below.
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I was dismayed on last evening's walk to find some well meaning person, probably Public Works, had chopped off the branches of Andre's favorite and much photographed willow, where he can be found most days, rain or shine....
I've jury rigged many things, masts, boom, steering, but never a mostly dead willow tree on the edge of a cliff. Armed with zip ties and duct tape, and belayed to the fence at cliff's edge, I managed to find most of the chopped branches and, although slightly shortened, overlapped and secured them back in place.
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Not sure what Andre' was thinking while he watched . But when complete, he buzzed my head, and lit back on his favorite perch. Good bird.
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