Oh yeah, I still think those little ground squirrels are just the cutest.









Oh yeah, I still think those little ground squirrels are just the cutest.









Mary and I saw this old firetruck when we were out birding. Never did see who drove it there. It had at least one really bad tire and no license plates. And genuine packrat poop on the seat too.











Dogs don’t care about the weather, too much.











Sometimes it seems like it’s always cold, overcast, rainy and windy but last week there was a little break.












Last weekend we went to a new place in a light rain. It burned some years ago and the trail has not been maintained this year so we had many logs to clamber over or get around. At 5500′, we found the small lake still partially frozen. A Spotted Sandpiper did its characteristic bobbing on the ice. We had the place to ourselves til we turned to leave and then we encountered three different parties. Mostly it was quiet in the burned forest.

















