The sky has threatened storm all day but only a little rain has fallen and it is now near sunset. I didn't get outside yesterday so I made sure to go out today. This morning I checked on the dove nest. I believe the nestling has fledged. I heard the doves but didn't see them. Later, I went out to a different courtyard with the therapist and we saw two blackbirds mobbing a crow. The sidewalk there gives proof the birds spend a lot of time in the big tree there. I think it's a live oak - the new leaves look willow-shaped but the tree's shape says oak to me.
After therapy, I wheeled myself into the courtyard outside my window. I saw robins and grackles, bees and wasps, but I heard much more, including something that rattled like a kingfisher, but more musical. The sun was playing tag with dark clouds but the air was warm enough to compensate for the breeze. Around 6pm there were a few spats or rain. We're under a tornado watch and the radar looks ugly Southwest of us. Thunder has been crackling in the background for a half hour. Another hour and the rain has become steady.
Unfortunately, because all my excursions were before, during, and after therapy, I didn't have my camera along.
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