Happy New Year

In this quiet dark contemplative time of year, there is much beauty. We have spent some quality time decluttering the house, hiking, and exploring the city and recently we watched Perfect Days, a Wim Wenders film. Highly recommended.

Happy New Year. May this year bring you joy and auspicious opportunities for success.

Sending love, Tawnia

And there are birds here too. Since the 15th, 72 species, including the Kestrel at Divide Meadow.

1 Canada Goose
1 Northern Shoveler
2 Gadwall
1 Mallard
3 Bufflehead
1 Common Goldeneye
3 California Quail
1 Western Grebe
16 Rock Pigeon
1 Band-tailed Pigeon
1 Eurasian Collared-Dove
7 Mourning Dove
17 Anna's Hummingbird
2 American Coot
2 Black-necked Stilt
1 American Avocet
1 Long-billed Curlew
1 Marbled Godwit
1 Willet
1 Ring-billed Gull
9 Western Gull
9 California Gull
1 Caspian Tern
1 Common Loon
2 Double-crested Cormorant
1 American White Pelican
4 Great Blue Heron
3 Great Egret
4 Turkey Vulture
4 Cooper's Hawk
2 Red-shouldered Hawk
14 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Belted Kingfisher
2 Acorn Woodpecker
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 Northern Flicker
2 American Kestrel
1 Peregrine Falcon
13 Red-masked Parakeet
5 Black Phoebe
1 Say's Phoebe
2 Steller's Jay
4 California Scrub-Jay
17 American Crow
17 Common Raven
12 Chestnut-backed Chickadee
7 Bushtit
2 Wrentit
12 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1 Pacific Wren
2 European Starling
1 Northern Mockingbird
13 Western Bluebird
1 Varied Thrush
5 Hermit Thrush
15 American Robin
8 Cedar Waxwing
10 House Sparrow
12 House Finch
13 Lesser Goldfinch
3 American Goldfinch
9 Dark-eyed Junco
4 White-crowned Sparrow
5 Golden-crowned Sparrow
3 White-throated Sparrow
4 Song Sparrow
6 California Towhee
1 Red-winged Blackbird
2 Brewer's Blackbird
1 Common Yellowthroat
15 Yellow-rumped Warbler
9 Townsend's Warbler