Whew!

Wowie zowie, this is a busy week. There is just too much to do, and I'm not the busiest person on staff. Just a perfect storm. Also, there may be a real storm tonight that brings us two or three days of rain. So exciting. The clouds have been putting on a show, and the flowers are everywhere. Of special note are the Red Horse Chestnut trees, which are really a Red Buckeye cross with a Horse Chestnut. At the moment, they are blooming everywhere in our neighborhood. Today was also the first time this year of seeing Vaux's Swifts, although the White-throated Swifts have been around.

The Nation Reporting on the Supreme Court on Birthright Citizenship

Planting Trees on the Isle of Man (working towards a rainforest). This reminds me of the wonderful 1987 short film The Man Who Planted Trees (Original title: L'homme qui plantait des arbres)

6:42 am – 7:40 pm, which is 12 hours and 57 minutes of daylight

The bird of the day is the Rough-legged Hawk

Here is a poem for you.

Sending oodles of love,

Tawnia

Bird List - 23 species today

Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Vaux's Swift
Anna's Hummingbird
Western Gull
California Gull
Turkey Vulture
Red-tailed Hawk
American Crow
Common Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Oak Titmouse
Violet-green Swallow
Bushtit
Bewick's Wren
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
Dark-eyed Junco
Song Sparrow
California Towhee
Yellow-rumped Warbler