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Common Grackle and some House Sparrows scavenging failed bread at a local bakery.

May 11, 2025. So far, first and only adult Monarch spotted. That same day, however, I spotted an egg on the underside of a Common Milkweed. I was in a hurry to meet some people, so I came back the next day to look for more. I found five more eggs on this patch of…

Same American Kestrel male on same perches above, but a few days earlier. Another male Kestrel, elsewhere. Female Kestrel with lizard prey.

The photographer was probably aiming at the Green Heron… …when, a tad unusually, a midday bat flung into the scene. And it may not have been all right… Ploop! For the creature ditched in Valley Water. The City Birder offered the bat a life-stick… Which was accepted. Rob gave the bat a shady oak to…

Squirrel. Not squirrel.

Common Snapping Turtle with what’s been identified for me on iNaturalist as a Largemouth Bass. Blub blub blub… Then a second enormous Snapper caused a stir.

Three baby Ravens! (May 8) Hmm, is that a Robin’s egg? Curious American Kestrel nestling. (Just wait till she spots that UFO!) Mourning Dove. Under a different pine, what I think is another Mourning Dove’s egg. Two of at least three Mourning Doves. Another crow’s nest. I haven’t determined if this is American or Fish,…