I’m not sure what time it was yesterday. The sun had dropped behind the Micheltorena Ridge to the west but it wasn’t anywhere near dark yet. I was in the office when I heard Susan say “Oh no!” before I heard what she was saying “Oh no!” about. Then the screaming outside amped up and I …
Couldn’t resist posting this. On our way up to the reservoir meadow event yesterday we passed under a bottle brush tree on Silver Lake Boulevard and this wonderful hummingbird obliged me taking forever to get my camera and long lens together by keeping busy until I could capture it (click to enlarge): Â
Ah well… I can only hope the pair of house sparrows who moved in April 3 and built a nest inside one of the paper lanterns in the backyard only to have it and their two eggs destroyed in the April 12 wind storm have found a safer more secure place to rebuild and repopulate …
Having just watched the live-action version of Charlotte’s Web tonight (by choice; you gotta problem with that?) I wanted to chime in with a brief base touch regarding the present status on some of the animals inside our barn and out: 1) While Susan saw a pair of sparrows sitting in the bougainvillea yesterday in …
Couple days ago I reported that Susan discovered a pair of house sparrows that have leased out the space inside one of the backyard paper lanterns for their spring home. Susan posted pix of the project in its infancy and yesterday I checked in to see what kind of progress they’ve been making. I’d say …
Susan scooped me on the backyard’s newest tenants, a mating pair of sparrows that are moving into a paper lantern dangling from the northeast corner of the house and busy constructing a nest within it. Being made of the aforementioned paper, the lanterns (there’s another hung from the southeast corner) are actually in pretty sad …
By and large, Ranger’s adjusted well to being left to her own devices these past few weeks that I’ve been gigging full-time. No doubt having grown used to me being home during the days to having the house all-together devoid of humans can be a jarring transition for a young, high-strung pup. But we haven’t …