This is a bird note.

My name is Kelson Caldwell and I drive a bus for King County Metro.

As a bus driver, your schedule is pretty important. Sometimes you run late and there's nothing you can do about that.

I was driving a route and I kept running fast and then I would pull over to the side of the road and I would just be kind of like totally my thumbs,

worrying about what my passengers are thinking, and I wanted to find something to occupy my mind and so I started to look for birds as my past time.

I was just like, oh wow, look at those ducks and then, oh, look at those crows.

And that was kind of this weird entry point into becoming a lot more interested in like,

why are the birds going here at this time of day and where do they

hang out or what makes it possible that bird to like stay here during the winter?

Driving the same route each day,

Kelson noticed as new birds returned with a spring migration

and how crows would fly off to roost together at night.

Now, no matter where Kelson is, they see birds everywhere. Once you

start paying attention to birds, it's hard to stop. Though I will mind you, I like

keep my eyes on the road obviously major part of my job

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