Tom

Activity 2: Northern California here. Over the past few weeks we have had a pair of red-shouldered hawks patrolling the neighborhood, zillions of dark-eyed juncos, and a couple of California scrub jays. I think that covers three groups!  We've also got lots of oak titmice, as well as California towhees that seem to enjoy picking apart our doormats for nest-building material. I have tried to photograph the hawks, but they stay too far away! Since our local birds don't seem interested in posing, I'm sharing a photo of a sleepy speckled owl that I was lucky enough to see in Costa Rica in February.