In musing about the summer so far, a few high notes come to mind, along with some rumblings:
Baby birds
Front and center in the yard and on hikes over the past month have been the baby birds. An American robin family hatched and raised three blotchy-breasted babies in this summer’s first brood in my neighborhood. At one point, I looked out my window and saw the two parents scooting across the length of the lawn like the silly-looking cartoon roadrunner. On further investigation, I noticed the target of the parents’ attention — one of the youngsters sitting quietly on a rock in the perennial herb garden. What a classic nuclear family!
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