Carlos Avery, Tuesday, May 22

With the promise of rain this afternoon (which become reality) I headed out to Carlos Avery early this morning -- arrived before 6 a.m.

The Song Sparrow at right was doing his thing just as the sun was
rising.

I stopped at a small pond just East of the Zodiac entrance since there is some activity there most any time of the day. But I was driven away within minutes by the hordes of mosquitoes who were anxiously looking for breakfast through the open windows on my car. Oh well, a few hundred yards at 10 mph got rid of most of them.

(more to follow)