Finally got a photo of the Black Capped Night Heron that roosts in a carob tree nearby. We’d seen him flying out in the evening and back in the morning but here he was parked on the fence. Didn’t seem at all bothered by us on the patio either. The pics are noising because it was getting dark, and I missed a shot of him extending hie white crest (like a skinny cockatoo crest). These aren’t small birds, stocky with bodies the size of footballs!

Hey Seuss the tortoise emerged from hibernation on Easter Sunday, no kidding.
He snacked on a few Hibiscus flowers and planted himself under a Bougainvillea. Imagine sleeping for months. No wonder they live so long…

Third year we’ve spent the first weekend of March with friends barrel tasting in the Russian River/Sonoma. Quickie post so Val can find the few pics I’ve uploaded!