Our National Bird
Whew! It's Friday. We had a busy work week, and on Fridays our house gets cleaned and so we have a great excuse to go out. At the end of the day, we cruised over to Bolinas, walked around town, went to the museum for half an hour, and then to the Coast Cafe. In Bolinas, we had the rare treat of a Bald Eagle fly over at close range. It was so shocking, there was no chance of a photo, sorry! After dinner, we came back and charged the car, and went for a little walk in the forest - finished when the bats came out.
Here is a conversation between Heather Cox Richardson and Governor Gavin Newsom. It's about half an hour on YouTube. I'm interested in your thoughts.
If you didn't listen to Hurray for the Riff Raff 'Ricon Beach' here are the lyrics, because the song is from 2017 and the third verse is just so relevant. Here it is on Democracy Now (8 years ago)
[Verse 1]
Man built the railroad, man gotta move
Man made a record, put a needle to the groove
Man been up, oh, man been down
Now man don't want no one around
[Verse 2]
First they stole our language, then they stole our names
Then they stole the things that brought us fame
And they stole our neighbors and they stole our streets
And they left us to die on Rican Beach
[Chorus]
Well, you can take my life, but don't take my home
Baby, it's a solid price, it comes with my bones
[Verse 3]
Now all the politicians, they just squawk their mouths
They say, "we'll build a wall to keep them out"
And all the poets were dying of a silence disease
So it happened quickly and with much ease
[Chorus]
Well, you can take my life, but don't take my home
Baby, it's a solid price, it comes with my bones
[continues...]
Have a great night and do something fun!
Sending oodles of love,
Tawnia
Bird List - 41 species today
California Quail
Band-tailed Pigeon
Anna's Hummingbird
Killdeer
Heermann's Gull
Western Gull
Caspian Tern
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Brown Pelican
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Acorn Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Western Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Warbling Vireo
Steller's Jay
California Scrub-Jay
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Wrentit
Pacific Wren
Bewick's Wren
European Starling
Western Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
Dark-eyed Junco
Song Sparrow
California Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Red-winged Blackbird