Every year it seems summer comes earlier and earlier. And according to climate change research, that's likely what is happening. Apparently, by the end of the century, summer could be six months long! Meanwhile, today in Sonoma, after coming close several times over...

Back in 2018, my hard drive crashed. I mean, it crashed bad. Super bad. Super duper bad. . . . And I dumbly had been lazy about backing up my computer. Super duper lazy. Consequently, I lost a ton of photos from that year. But as I searched through the wreckage of...

Our oak titmouse babies fledged yesterday, so when I heard lots of hyper eager chirping outside this afternoon, I assumed it was the little homesick titmice returning to our yard to visit. Unexpectedly, it was a full-fledged family—kids and parents—of the Bewick's...

For years I have always managed to miss the moment when all of the fledglings in our various birdhouses emerged and took flight into the big beautiful world of our Sonoma Valley neighborhood. But this lazy Sunday morning, hearing a noisy cacophony of hungry birds in...