June 1, 2022 The month of May brought the Big Yard 81 species of birds, a bit of a dip from April as expected as the migration wanes, but a surprising 16 birds shy of May 2021. Are two years of La Nina drought taking a toll? I haven’t heard the magical liquid trill of a canyon wren since last September.
0.79" since Jan. 1. I am keeping the elderberry watered and it looks fine (the only one that survived). I'm hoping it will "take off" during the monsoon, assuming we get one. Besides the birds that haven't shown up this year, there hasn't even been a roadrunner! It's hard not to get discouraged.
Beautiful photos. I hope you get the rain! I'd like to send you some of ours at this point. Five months ago we were in the early stages of drought. Now it seems it just can't stop raining. And I love this word, "Cianalas". Yesterday morning I wrote the word "Rooted" in big letters on my journal page. I want to feel rooted.
Dear Ken, I love your blog so much and recently sold my ranch up by Globe, but live in Tucson. Your blog keeps me alive with the seasons and the birds. I would like to send you my book of poems that includes a whole lot of birds.....and, your excellent writer/poet daughter, Melissa, once passed through my classroom at the UA. Congratulations on your blog and hope you will send me your address, Janice Dewey
0.79" since Jan. 1. I am keeping the elderberry watered and it looks fine (the only one that survived). I'm hoping it will "take off" during the monsoon, assuming we get one. Besides the birds that haven't shown up this year, there hasn't even been a roadrunner! It's hard not to get discouraged.
Beautiful photos. I hope you get the rain! I'd like to send you some of ours at this point. Five months ago we were in the early stages of drought. Now it seems it just can't stop raining. And I love this word, "Cianalas". Yesterday morning I wrote the word "Rooted" in big letters on my journal page. I want to feel rooted.
Dear Ken, I love your blog so much and recently sold my ranch up by Globe, but live in Tucson. Your blog keeps me alive with the seasons and the birds. I would like to send you my book of poems that includes a whole lot of birds.....and, your excellent writer/poet daughter, Melissa, once passed through my classroom at the UA. Congratulations on your blog and hope you will send me your address, Janice Dewey