Thursday, August 21, 2025
Thursday's Bird Watch
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Happy Birthday Jeanette!
Jeanette got her wish, and gave me a kiss
Next, we went birding at one of Jeanette's favorite locations, Alder Island in the Siletz National Wildlife Refuge. We had great fun with all four of us using the Merlin phone app to identify birds by sound. We made an impressive checklist, which you can see here.
In the evening Jeanette's brother Bill Dye joined us, our daughter Lisa Borja, and our sister-in-law Mary Sites, for dinner at The Grill in The Lodge here at Dallas Retirment Village.
The grand finale was birthday cake in our apartment. Bill provided his home-made traditional Dye family chocolate cake.
Thursday, August 14, 2025
Thursday's Bird Watch
Saturday morning, while checking the Dallas Osprey nest at the former Willamette Mill Site on Main Street, this Green Heron flew in and stole the show. It landed high in a Cottonwood tree where my wife, Jeannette, got this photo. Green Herons like to hang out along waterways and ponds. Although the log pond is longer there at the mill site, remnants of the North Fork of Ash Creek can still be seen in the area. I think that this probably provides the kind of habitat that the Green Heron likes. This may also be a clue to where the Osprey get some of their fish.
Thursday, August 7, 2025
Thursday's Bird Watch
Saturday, August 2, 2025
DUMP TRUMP
Jeanette and I attended a protest today in Dallas. It's been going on every Saturday for six months. It's a protest against Donald Trump and the terrible reign of terror and lawlessness that he has brought down upon our country. Has our protest accomplished anything? Probably not, but it seems important to stand up and be counted. To say, this is not right to destroy an America that we grew up in that was concerned about the future of the world, that wanted to do something about climate change, that believed in free press, and that believed in truth and honesty.
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