Learning to See the Beauty of Nature in Our Gardens
Ahhh, nature. Sometimes a little hard to take, but always an adventure. Recently I had two mockingbird nests with four eggs each, one in the front yard and one in the backyard. I spotted the one in the backyard, built in a Leyland cypress shrub and rather close to a narrow pathway that runs along [...]
I didn’t talk a lot about the bluebirds this Spring since they nested high up in the Purple Martin house, out of reach of my daily nosiness of past years. This week the Martins returned and seemed perplexed by the squatters. They soared, checking angles to see if the house would pass muster. As they [...]
It is a foggy morning in Topanga Canyon. Squirrel chomps away on a walnut from his tree branch, while up above a Red-Tailed Hawk glides by screaming, screaming .. He’s been doing this for days now. “What is he saying?” asks Squirrel. “Wish I knew,” I reply. My first thought was: maybe Hawk is thirsty. [...]
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