Earth Day

It's been a lovely day despite early predictions of rain.  It is both cloudier and warmer than yesterday.  In the courtyard, the doves were busy on the nest.  Robins and grackles were scampering around.  A crow sat on the roof edge to watch.

Then we went to a gazebo overlooking the lake that K had discovered.  We surprised a nutria, possibly a muskrat, but I think it was too big.  Mallards and geese were around, including a big muscovy-mallard mix drake, also a northern shoveler drake.  Cardinals, robins, grackles, and a mockingbird were in the trees.  A buzzard circled, then an osprey tried and got mobbed by crows. Wasps were hunting good nesting spots. 

And back at home, after dark, K reports a fox sighting.