Sunday

Out to the lake this morning, just to read.  I stopped to observe one of the osprey (there were five the other night, diving toward the water, occasionally splashing down, but never catching anything; either for practice or maybe they are juveniles and don't know how to catch fish yet; the trout were leaping out of the water at the time, so it was kinda' surprising they didn't make a catch) who I'd been hearing calling out.  Someone else stopped and told me it was an osprey (which I knew).  Anyway, we got into a conversation about urban wildlife sightings.  He mentioned seeing an otter in the lake, I'll have to keep my eye out for that.  Also, coyotes in Golden Gardens.  Told me his friend had encounter a buck in the I-90 tunnel, so slowly followed it until it escaped out the other end.

Been seeing a lot of raccoons and rats lately; the former ambling down the sidewalk mid-day, the latter making a mad dash from one cover to the next.  There's a lot of crow babies out and about, too.  There never seems to be a break from their crying out for someone to feed them.  A bumper year.  Someone commented that they didn't like all the crows, but we have the wildlife that will live with us, that thrive in our presence.  If we want others to thrive, we need to leave spaces for them to do that.

We had a bit of cooling off yesterday, but today, it's back to heat.