Along the east edge
Today I was supposed to go hiking. That didn't happen, due to a considerable (for here) rainstorm - we got rain all morning, and an accumulation of almost 1/5th of an inch! At least locally that was true - it sounds like there was quite a bit more further west. So, I used the time to get started on some housekeeping that is in sore need of completion. I finished up some computer work I needed to get done. And I called several friends - the best part of the day, along with coffee shared with my "wanna-be" hiking partner.
This evening we had some clearing - enough for the photos you see above. The birds were singing all evening long. We didn't see the orioles, but we could hear them. The robins, meadowlarks, and western kingbirds are a constant in the background chorus, occasionally joined by quail, pheasant, house finches, woodpeckers, and other assorted birds. The white pelicans are back in front of the house. (They leave for a bit each year, moving to the ponds to raise their young.) There are still hundred of cormorants in the rookery, and I've been seeing more great blue herons flying past. It is a joy to watch the changing of the seasons in who's here, and who's gone. Come winter, most of my bird watching will be done out the front window with the spotting scope, as thousands of ducks make their way back through this area.
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