Love this post, thank you. I can't not put in a quick plug for a new film on DDT in So Cal (https://www.outofplainsight.com/) - the story is more complicated here.
It's been a week of small bird-related miracles here too. I laughed out loud recently while watching two whimbrels, usually all business, chasing back and forth along the water's edge. One had found a crab among the algae and seagrass that had washed up on the beach, and was parading back and forth with it dangling from its beak, seemingly not quite sure how to eat it. The other whimbrel was in close pursuit. Then there were the hummingbirds and orange-crowned warblers that kept landing within arm's reach while I was up in our guava tree last weekend to prune it. No respect :-)
Oh Alex, thanks so much for the film link and I hope it gets a huge audience and that people listen and care and become invested. We can do so much better. I'm afraid everything is slipping away. Telling the story, revealing the truth is powerful. It means so much.
No hummingbirds here yet but I've been enjoying the serenades of the catbirds who really belt their little hearts out. A pair started making a nest under our gutter bringing bits of moss. Say hello to the warblers for me. And I hope the whimbrel figured out what to do with its catch.
Love this. You can see tons of bald eagles from the Amtrak going along the Hudson. The first time it happened, I thought it was a magical fluke, but then it kept happening, dozens of eagles, just flying and sitting in trees, every time I rode the train!
So cool! I’m always so surprised to see them, maybe because I knew them first as a cartoon character. How amazing to be in a world where they are real. <3
Love this post, thank you. I can't not put in a quick plug for a new film on DDT in So Cal (https://www.outofplainsight.com/) - the story is more complicated here.
It's been a week of small bird-related miracles here too. I laughed out loud recently while watching two whimbrels, usually all business, chasing back and forth along the water's edge. One had found a crab among the algae and seagrass that had washed up on the beach, and was parading back and forth with it dangling from its beak, seemingly not quite sure how to eat it. The other whimbrel was in close pursuit. Then there were the hummingbirds and orange-crowned warblers that kept landing within arm's reach while I was up in our guava tree last weekend to prune it. No respect :-)
Oh Alex, thanks so much for the film link and I hope it gets a huge audience and that people listen and care and become invested. We can do so much better. I'm afraid everything is slipping away. Telling the story, revealing the truth is powerful. It means so much.
No hummingbirds here yet but I've been enjoying the serenades of the catbirds who really belt their little hearts out. A pair started making a nest under our gutter bringing bits of moss. Say hello to the warblers for me. And I hope the whimbrel figured out what to do with its catch.
Love this. You can see tons of bald eagles from the Amtrak going along the Hudson. The first time it happened, I thought it was a magical fluke, but then it kept happening, dozens of eagles, just flying and sitting in trees, every time I rode the train!
So cool! I’m always so surprised to see them, maybe because I knew them first as a cartoon character. How amazing to be in a world where they are real. <3