Farewell from owls

· Maine Event

Today was an early day for Matt and a normal day for me. We are starting to wrap up here, which feels odd, as if we've just landed. That said, I'm eager to be home, if only for a few days. At the end of the day, we drove one block over to the Stinson Beach parking lot. For the first time, we used the public Rivian EV chargers there, while we were at dinner at the Parkside. Then we went on our little loop at the start of the Matt Davis Trail. On that walk, we were treated to the call of the Great Horned Owl. Later, in the parking lot, while unplugging the car, we saw a beautiful Barn Owl. What a nice finale! Tomorrow we will work and then head back home for a few days.

Good Morning, Beautiful
Wild Mustard Rhamphospermum arvense (syns. Brassica arvensis and Sinapis arvensis) is delicious when it is a juvenile. There is a YouTube video about it being a pot of gold!
California bay tree (Umbellularia californica) has small avocado-like fruits that contain an edible, but bitter, nut. Apparently, you can cook it to reduce the bitterness and then it's more like coffee or chocolate.
Sun! It happened around 4pm but we will take it
Can you spot the Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)?
Evening walk while the car was charging.
Pausing on the troll bridge to look upstream. Quiver in my step. Always what if... Do you close your eyes and walk really fast over
troll bridges?

Have an illuminated day! It's not everyday we get to see two different kinds of owls!

Sending oodles of love,

Tawnia

Bird List - 37 species today

Eurasian Collared-Dove
Anna's Hummingbird
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Heermann's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Western Gull
California Gull
Great Blue Heron
Brown Pelican
Turkey Vulture
Red-tailed Hawk
American Barn Owl
Great Horned Owl
Downy Woodpecker
Willow Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Steller's Jay
California Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Oak Titmouse
Wrentit
Bewick's Wren
European Starling
Western Bluebird
American Robin
House Finch
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
Dark-eyed Junco
California Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Wilson's Warbler