HAPPY NEW WEEK!
I hope everyone has a good week and keeps healthy. I'm hoping that everyone on this forum will avoid the virus. Sending you all protective energy.
BIRD NEWS FROM MY PATCH
The big Barred Owls are nesting at the bottom of the ridge right across from my front door. Every time I go outdoors, one of them gives me a booming hoot. Last year, they nested in a tall, old locust tree on the levee by the creek. We had so much flooding that the nest site turned out to be a precarious perch. I think they remembered it was a dangerous location, so this year they’re nesting low in a tree across from me. They are incredibly loud. Their call sounds like, “Whoo cooks for you? Whoo cooks for you?” They can also caterwaul just like large apes when they're feeling aggressive. They can chill my blood sometimes. LOL!
I walked up the hill to town last week to get a couple of meal items at the little general store. I looked up, and R.T. Hawk was flying above me. He landed on a tall silo and watched while I went into the store. Then, he escorted me back. I think he thought he was protecting me from the big Barred Owls, which are his enemies. I hope they can all stay away from each other. R.T. and his mate are nesting far back in the flood plain away from my house right now.
Morning all: I couldn't get on the site last night; who knows....
I just came back from Trader Joe's, which changed its senior hours as of Monday, confusing everyone, but still allows only 50 people in the store at one time (or even less from the looks of it). Also, several grocery chains are no longer allowing customers to bring their own recyclable bags; instead the checkers are using paper/plastic.
Heather: Had to smile at palanquin, especially the vision of PatO's community trash being carried away in such grand stye! :-)
PatO: Lovely video - those medical folks are true heroes. Too bad it's times like these that we realize just how much first responders of all kinds keep us safe.
Heard on the radio yesterday that in China, the end of some lock down rules has resulted in a spike in divorce petitions... The flip side is how many babies will be ultimately be attributed to all this...
Off to tidy up shrub that has finally stopped blooming and is threatening to take over the sidewalk.
Take care everyone.