On this sunny, cool morning, I went out to get some work done on our Littleton farm. Though the sun had risen and a dome of bright blue sky stretched above the property, a great horned owl was still hooting from one of our larger shade trees.
A chorus of birdsong was provided primarily by house wrens, spotted towhees, house finches and a lone American robin while the calls of black-billed magpies and a common raven rang across the farm. Other noisy residents included black-capped chickadees, American goldfinches, broad-tailed hummingbirds, bushtits and fox squirrels. Cottontails, slowly recovering from their population crash last autumn, nibbled their way across our "lawns," oblivious of the owl's hooting.
In no hurry to experience the heat of summer, I relish these cool spring mornings. From what I observed today, our wild residents share my sentiments.
A chorus of birdsong was provided primarily by house wrens, spotted towhees, house finches and a lone American robin while the calls of black-billed magpies and a common raven rang across the farm. Other noisy residents included black-capped chickadees, American goldfinches, broad-tailed hummingbirds, bushtits and fox squirrels. Cottontails, slowly recovering from their population crash last autumn, nibbled their way across our "lawns," oblivious of the owl's hooting.
In no hurry to experience the heat of summer, I relish these cool spring mornings. From what I observed today, our wild residents share my sentiments.
