Aves Specta

fyee-byoh (how would you say it?)
fee-bee-o (is RTP's any easier?)
rreeBEEa  (why not? it's sibley)

Alder Flycatcher singing from the wet spot a few hundred feet to the west of the deck late this afternoon. Ten years to the day since the first one heard here. Just a dozen "in the yard" all that time, with none in '02, '07, or '08, but otherwise reasonably predictable:

5/27 X
5/28 XX
5/29 XXX
5/30
5/31 X
6/01
6/02
6/03 XX
..
6/11 X
6/13 X
7/04 X

Always a pleasure.

A pass. Bikes. S is for stegosaurus. Red-bellied woodpecker. Tuna. Locomotion. Selected timeworn beach stones. Sup. Tick. Night.

No family portrait in year 1, but it was still obviously fun.

One hundred three at SeaTac today? That's more than uncomfortable, it's "excessive heat." Hard to think that I have nothing to complain about when suffering under temps in the eighties, dew points well past seventy, and sticky everything.

Seattle's all-time record high. Wonder when -- in this extreme-weather-event century -- that'll be broken. Meanwhile, sorry to all the wilters out there.

And be sure to get that heat cleared out well before the twelfth so my visit isn't stifled!

From 2004

A- assists as Jackson recites the Pledge, which he has copyrighted...

Pledge to the Planet

I pledge allegiance
to the web of life
of which we're each a strand
and to our planet earth
on which we stand
one ecosystem
under the sun
interdependent
with diversity
and respect
for all.

Photo by Eileen