
A photo and sketch of a young Cooper’s Hawk that I came across the other day.

I saw these Hooded Mergansers swimming in a slough near the Sacramento River. At first I thought that they were Wood Ducks; which is somewhat interesting because they do share the same habitat and both nest in tree cavities.

"a lazy day!"
I took this photo of four Canada Geese at their leisure on Lake Solano near Winters,California. I was wishing that I could be as relaxed as they seemed to be.

Is it lunch yet?
I don’t think that my little friend is getting lunch today!
The end the season for Sarge’s Cache creek vegetable garden has arrived. This year we put down straw for weed control and water conservation. Now I have the garden roto-tilled and the straw all piled up to compost over the winter.