[Vision2020] Jays

[debismith at moscow.com]

I love living in the country. We have a pair of golden eagles hanging around (I think 
we got them from the Moscow Mountain fire 2 summers ago when they got 
displaced). It's made my cat very careful--she walks around UNDER our big dog! 
One of them stooped for her last summer and nearly got nailed by our levitating 
Border Collie. We did lose a cat to a Horned Owl a few years back--plucked her right 
off the roof. The wrens are great, and we have NO mosquitos thanks to the many 
varieties of birds (and bats) around our pond. We do have a murder of crows and a 
convocation of doves. Ravens are our favorites (hence the name of our farm--
RavenCroft). They are stately, sharp tongued, and mostly good guests, unlike the 
magpie infestation 4 years ago. The swallows nest under our patio and are afraid of 
nothing. I'm already missing the Hummingbirds which confront me every time I cut a 
flower to take into the house....All year around, the birds are one of the best things 
about the Palouse (not counting the weasels which like to slide down our driveway 
when it freezes...)

Debi R-S