The best thing about where we live is that all we have to do is walk to the edge of the back deck and we’re looking down into wild-ish nature. I say “wild-ish” because while it is one of the natural arroyos common on the central California coast, there is a utilities access road at…
Category: Birds
Location, location, location!
Every spring the barn swallows return to the marine lab, not exactly on the first day of spring as in San Juan Capistrano, but I always know it’s really spring when they arrive. They build their mud nests against the eaves of the buildings, and spend time chattering at us from the fences. However, the…