Quite typical for me to get a respiratory infection this time of year. I'm pretty much well by now though. Fingers crossed that I don't relapse. Any birding I've been doing has been from the window near the fire looking toward my little water feature in Alpine. But birding is bleak. Even ebird reports for the area are scant, so it's not just me.
The best bird I've had lately has been a Northern Flicker of the rarer Yellow-shafted subspecies. My best photos of that subspecies ever. That was fun!
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For now, I'm grateful to be as well as I am, and enjoying technology! Young people raised with it surely take it for granted and don't appreciate it as much. And I realize a lot of people my age aren't as open to it as I am. They don't seem to feel any need for it. Stem cell technology will undoubtedly extend lifespans, but that won't happen in my lifetime.
I'm looking forward to going with my son to his daughter's college graduation this weekend. And looking forward to spring. And any minute a rare bird could show up. That keeps life exciting!
