Stinky Valley Environmental News
When April showers, don't come your way.
They bring forth prophets, that stay through May.
Sad but true. These parts lacked April showers entirely. Which means the prophets should be arriving any minute now, by the bus load. That's because prophets favor deserts as a backdrop for suffering. Will they bring their own water? Course not.
The great spring bird migration is about over in these parts. Did you miss it? Ray was alert so he espied the flocks of Franklin's gulls amounting to maybe 200 birds. Plus three great egrets that looked as if the were determinedly headed north. Then we had two black throated green warblers in the backyard. Here's one of those. Also, Nashvilles but they remained invisible if not inaudible. That's it. Although a few resident neotrops have put in an appearance.
The insects, once fixing to make a comeback, have belly flopped. Except for the fleas. For the first time in many moons we have plenty of fleas. Great! The fire ants seem to have slacked off. So that may account for the fleas making a comeback. Reckon the horny toads will come back too?
They bring forth prophets, that stay through May.
Sad but true. These parts lacked April showers entirely. Which means the prophets should be arriving any minute now, by the bus load. That's because prophets favor deserts as a backdrop for suffering. Will they bring their own water? Course not.
The great spring bird migration is about over in these parts. Did you miss it? Ray was alert so he espied the flocks of Franklin's gulls amounting to maybe 200 birds. Plus three great egrets that looked as if the were determinedly headed north. Then we had two black throated green warblers in the backyard. Here's one of those. Also, Nashvilles but they remained invisible if not inaudible. That's it. Although a few resident neotrops have put in an appearance.
posted by ray pistrum at Monday, April 30, 2012
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