This morning
I found the reef researchers
up to their hips in data.
The birdbox
by the office has been especially busy this season. First scouted
by a pair of Tree Swallows in February, it was actually used
by a pair of Western Bluebirds, who raised a pair of chicks
there. Now two new tenants, swallows again, are moving in...
...and building a nest – possibly for their second brood
this year.
The eucalyptus snag in Cattail Swale is a good place to spot
Belted Kingfishers – as well as Black
Crowned Night Herons, which are starting to show up.
Caspian
Terns are again nesting on what we call Tern Island in the
south slough.
Researchers built this new bird blind to study the terns –
the solar panel powers a wireless webcam.
