May 31, 2020 Night

Good evening! Partly clear and 55 degrees in Delmar, NY. πŸŒƒ There is a west breeze at 8 mph. πŸƒ

It’s a fairly nice evening, I thought πŸ’­ it was a good weekend. Saturday I went to Schodack Island and Sunday to the Albany Pine Bush Preserve and Five Rivers. Spent a lot of time looking at the birds 🐦 and wildlife. 🐸 🐰 Even common wildlife is fascinating to observe. πŸ”Ž It’s so easy to walk by it in the woods and not observe all that is happening. I did see some fireflies 🐝 outside the other night, I’ve not spent as many evenings out back lately as another one of those camping chairs I got from Walmart is falling apart again. I should look for something of better quality.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌀, with a low of 43 degrees at 4am. Nine degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around May 3rd. West wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm after midnight. In 2019, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 49 degrees. The record low of 35 occurred back in 1945.

Tonight will have a Waxing Gibbous πŸŒ” Moon with 73% illuminated. At 9 PM, the moon was in the south (182Β°) at an altitude of 49Β° from the horizon, some 226,344 miles away from where you are looking up from the earth. πŸš€ At the state speed limit of 55 mph, you’ll make it there by November 19th. Buckle up for safety! πŸ’Ί The Strawberry πŸ“ Moon is on Friday, June 5. The darkest hour is at 12:54 am, followed by dawn at 4:47 am, and sun starting to rise at 5:22 am in the east-northeast (59Β°) and last for 3 minutes and 23 seconds. Sunrise is 31 seconds earlier than yesterday. πŸŒ„ The golden hour ends at 6:04 am with sun in the east-northeast (66Β°). Tonight will have 8 hours and 53 minutes of darkness, a decrease of one minute and 16 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 66 degrees at 3pm. Eight degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 5th. Light west wind becoming northwest 6 to 11 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph. That said, it should be a pretty nice day for working outside. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 81 degrees. The record high of 94 was set in 1918.

I am still thinking about heading up to the Adirondacks on Thursday bright and early β˜€ before work and spending Thursday and Friday working up north and Saturday and Sunday recreating. Its only three nights camping so I could stay all weekend in that campsite that has the good cellphone πŸ“± reception πŸ“Ά for working. I got my fishing license tag in the mail today. 🎣 Now if they check I won’t have to pull it up on my phone.

In four weeks on June 28 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (303Β°) at 8:37 pm,πŸŒ„ which is 11 minutes and 15 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had hot, partly sunny, rain showers and temperatures between 91 and 60 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 81 and 60 degrees. The record high of 99 degrees was set back in 1901.

Looking ahead, Strawberry Moon πŸ“ is in 1 week and Fathers Day πŸ‘¨ is in 2 weeks.

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Walked out to Five Rivers this evening to bird watch. 🚢

Walked out to Five Rivers this evening to bird watch. 🚢

  • Nice evening, good walk away from the craziness of it wll
  • While I was walking out there passed five sheriff’s cars heading towards the city to enforce the city curfew
  • Shortly after I got out there spotted a beautiful blue bird – New York’s State Bird for good reason, really beautiful
  • Bunch of crows, tons of robbins both male and female, song sparrows and a gold finch
  • Lots of chipmunk calls but didn’t spot them this time
  • Studied two eastern cottontail rabbits that were looking at each other, one was cleaning himself. Maybe mother and child
  • Didn’t hear spring peepers too cold
  • Headed back around 7:15 pm. A brief rain shower heading home
  • Made it home by eight. Very quiet walk home, virtually no traffic with the coronavirus pandemic leaving business closed, the curfew in the city and the fact its a Sunday night

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Leon Van Dyke takes about the Civil Unrest in Albany & across the country

Leon Van Dyke takes about the Civil Unrest in Albany & across the country

5/31/2020 by The Focus on Albany Show

Web player: https://podplayer.net/?id=106961413
Episode: https://www.blogtalkradio.com/cynpooler/2020/05/31/leon-van-dyke-takes-about-the-civil-unrest-in-albany-across-the-country.mp3

Leon Van Dyke takes about the Civil Unrest in Albany & across the country

This is a very important interview to listen to during this time of unrest.

While the days of the Brothers, the Civil Rights Movement and Erastus Corning are long ago history, Brother Leon Van Dyke has some very insightful on the Civil Unrest in Albany. Don’t believe the politicians, it’s not outsiders and its not just blacks who protesting the chronic injustice in the city.

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Report Single-Use Plastic Bags At A Store Near You – Action Network

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Trump threatens White House protesters with ‘dogs and ominous weapons’ | The Independent

Trump threatens White House protesters with ‘dogs and ominous weapons’ | The Independent

The president said: "The front line was replaced with fresh agents, like magic. Big crowd, professionally organized, but nobody came close to breaching the fence. If they had they would have been greeted with the most vicious dogs, and most ominous weapons, I have ever seen. That's when people would have been really badly hurt, at least. Many Secret Service agents just waiting for action. 'We put the young ones on the front line, sir, they love it, and ... good practice."

Aren't you glad that the president is just an AM Radio commentaror who is more interested in being a shock jock than a leader.