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May 21, 2005

Raptor Mania

I subscribe to the "North Bay Birds" email list where people report interesting bird sightings or news in the area. Recently, a Common Black Hawk has been spotted -- probably a new Sonoma County record. I went looking for the Common Black Hawk last night after work, and though I didn't see that, I did see an adult Bald Eagle, a couple of Osprey, and a White-tailed kite. All of this just a couple of miles from our house!

This morning I finally posted notes from a raptor talk we went to about a month ago. The talk was mostly about some of the more difficult raptor id's, and thanks to Steve's scanning, my notes even include my crummy sketches!

Posted by terrie at 03:24 PM

May 20, 2005

Garden 2005

We planted garden a month ago. With the rainiest May in 117 years in this part of the country, you'd think it would be off to a better start than it is. In any case, here's the plan (click to see a bigger view):

The Fava Beans, despite two attempts with the seeds, aren't coming up at all, and I may replant that with more peas. Some of the flowers are also not coming up. I haven't found the eggplant and basil plants we want yet, so those are still empty squares. So we'll just have to see how it goes.

Speaking of the weather, here's the blog entry I wrote for makezine.com about a weather station I've been playing with.

Posted by terrie at 02:54 PM