I saw a handful of these hopping around in the dry grass until they flew off.
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I thought I’d posted this a while back, but apparently I haven’t. Think of it as #AmongUs: Vegetable Edition.
I don’t know if it’s the same hawk I saw yesterday, but it’s in roughly the same area.
It just sat there perched on the wire while I took several photos. It seemed totally unconcerned.
I’m not 100% certain – the yellowish color is mostly from the sunset lighting – but the head doesn’t seem to have the shape I’m used to seeing on Black Phoebes, which I see a lot more of here, and I have seen Say’s Phoebes in the area.
I’m normally not nervous about going to the dentist, but I’ve got my second pandemic-era visit coming up today. You can’t wear a mask while someone’s working on your teeth.
On the plus side, looking at the covid case rates over time makes me feel better, as LA county is back down to roughly the same rate it was at during my last visit in September (itself postponed from July, which was clearly a good decision).
They were making a chirp-chirp-chirp-chirp song that sounded like a toy ray gun.
Cherry blossoms are coming in at the local botanic gardens. They have a grove with multiple different cherry trees in various stages of waking up for spring (some with a few flowers, some with more flowers and leaves, some still bare), and a few scattered trees elsewhere in the garden – some of which are already covered. But the tree in the fourth shot isn’t even in full bloom yet!
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