Steve and Judy's Travels!

We’ve all got yards full of grass here.

The kind of grass is called St Augustine.  It looks good all year, requires very little water, but is a little goofy.  It grows deep and is spongy to walk on.

It just builds on itself.

Here at the edge of our driveway it’s six inches deep!

It’s like walking through soft sand!

…and tomorrow is the Global Big Day!

Put any bird sightings into ebird ( www.ebird.com ) tomorrow, and you’ll be part of it.  Last year the Global Big Day netted about three-quarters of all species found in North America.  World-wide, there were sightings of two-thirds of all bird species on the planet on one day!  All these sightings go into the ebird database for scientific purposes, and they’re available to the general public as well.

Happy birding.

We all moved our cars and golf carts offsite before they got stranded.  We can hike through the mess to get to our cars, then go wherever we need to go.  The road out the gate is still open.

It’s a little inconvenient packing the motorhome right now.  We park the golf cart as close as we can get it, carry stuff out to it, then ferry it to the motorhome.  A little slower process than normal, but not a big deal.

Heavy equipment.

There is a steamroller in the background, with spikes all on it for compacting the soil.  “Steamroller” seems like such a dated term.  I doubt there has been any steam involved for a lot of years.  I wonder if there is a more current name.

And progress.

Now it’s May, and we’re still at 4,219 miles to Fairbanks (but not for much longer).

223 birds remaining to get to 500 for the year (at the rate of one new bird a day, that’s a 22-bird cushion).

30 continuing education hours to go.

And 138 counties in which to report a bird to have all 254 counties in Texas!

Here is a rose-breasted grosbeak

A contented squirrel.

And my favorite billboard.