It's hot down here; highs in the mid-80s F (>29C) with "feels like" topping 100F due to the high relative humidity. We venture out in the morning and again in the evening with a quick noontime walk in the shade for the dogs. The weather pattern will break in another 3 days or so. Whew!!!
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| Barnie in a sploot. Or is that a semi-sploot? |
It was so miserable even at dawn this morning that Barnie refused to walk more that the bare minimum.
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| The air is thick with moisture, but no rain in sight. |
Lots of bird nesting activity, though. I have been watching a pair of Social Flycatchers tending the nest they built at eye level just off the veranda where I sit every morning with my coffee and computer. I think they may have a helper, too. Good thing since they have to fend off big, marauding Brown Jays who want to eat their young! And they also have to chase off the Kiskadees who want to steal the nest for their own use. The parents are doing a fine job and it won't be long until the nestlings fledge out into the world. The Kiskadees finally settled on another nest site.
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| Kiskadee nest in the crotch of a gumbo limbo tree. Their favorite place to nest used to be the rain gutters until we put an end to that with gutter guards. Don't want nest debris and bird poop in our water supply! |
A little farther afield I came across these sizable owl pellets. Fur was visible upon a closer look. Not sure what kind of owl it might be.
Life and death go on in our backwater world. We watch as the world at large goes to hell, with the trampling human rights and real freedoms - not bullshit freedom to not wear a mask, but actual freedom to live and speak and to procreate or not procreate without the will of others being forcefully imposed upon you. We continue to send financial support (ACLU, Planned Parenthood, subscriptions to various news outlets to support journalism) and try not to feel helpless to change things.
