Our bird girl is now reporting from the Texas State Fair in her role as avian assistant (I'm sure that's not the official title, but you get the idea). She gets to go to the top of the ferris wheel and (sometimes while it's still moving) release two birds: first, a Harris hawk, then either a tawny eagle or an augur buzzard. They make a spectacular descent to land on Steve Martin's arm in the bird show. Woohoo!
In other much more mundane news, Bob and I planted four new shrubs in the back yard to dress up the newly repainted fence. We are doing our bit toward the current boom in home improvement spending, but I see it as improving wildlife habitat. Certainly Bob did his bit for habitat relocation when he moved the woodpile from the garage to the back yard. The logs included last year's nesting sites for small furry creatures. Ah well, we are but stewards of our small patch.