Two hoots are better than none

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Today we snuck in a short walk together before work, which was sweet. I feel like I actually got some work done, as the meeting schedule was lighter. We didn't sleep so well last night for whatever reason, so we were both dragging a little.

The wild world around us: Every evening we see bats. Lots of bats, big and small. Mostly they are high up around the very tops of the trees. It is wonderful both that there are so many of them and that we get to be among them. There are 13 species of bats in Point Reyes National Seashore. There are 4 that are more common here: California myotis, big brown bat, Mexican free-tailed bat, and Townsend's big-eared bat. I think the ones around our heads are the little California myotis and the big brown bat. The ones up high in the sky with the Osprey and Purple Martins are probably the Mexican free-tailed bat.

The Great Horned Owl that says Oo-oh was out tonight.

Once you start looking at tree trunks, they are all so unique and well...strange.
Like this
I wonder who lives here?!!? And look at that shelf fungus covering the tree stump
Osprey youth calling for free dinner. Not yet clear he needs to work for food.
Divide Meadow
Chinese poetry kind of fog and trees
Meet you on the other side to pick blackberries
Fog dome is low, but we did have sun in the middle of the day

6:28 am – 8:01 pm, which is 13 hours and 33 minutes of daylight

The bird of the day is the White-cheeked Pintail

Here is a poem for you.

Love, Tawnia

Bird List: 36 species today

California Quail
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Anna's Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Osprey
Red-tailed Hawk
American Barn Owl
Great Horned Owl
Acorn Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Western Wood-Pewee
Black Phoebe
Steller's Jay
California Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Bushtit
Wrentit
Pygmy Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Pacific Wren
Bewick's Wren
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin
House Finch
Pine Siskin
Dark-eyed Junco
Song Sparrow
California Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Wilson's Warbler