by Louie Ferrera | May 4, 2026 | Nature
The pair of scrub jays that are currently patrolling our backyard are at the top of the pecking order and that includes the other songbirds, the marauding squirrels, our cat Ella…and us. I think scrub jays are by far one of the most beautiful birds of all, the fact...
by Louie Ferrera | Apr 26, 2026 | Meditations, Nature
green…the color of rebirth the color of the earth green is peace and quiet green is the shapes of leaves, pointy and round, sawtooth and smooth tinier than my pinkie nail and large enough to wear as a hat… green is rain life giving quenching rain that makes greeness...
by Louie Ferrera | Mar 31, 2026 | Meditations, Nature
If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it does it make a sound? If a tree is cut down in your neighborhood and no one notices that it’s gone was it ever there? Trees take up a lot of space, especially large ones like oaks or redwoods. The energy...
by Louie Ferrera | Mar 26, 2026 | Nature
Spring arrived in my neighborhood this morning in the form of a brilliant orange jewel. Perched at the very top of our neighbor’s towering coast redwood tree, the Hooded Oriole seemed to glow from within as it basked in the rays of the rising sun. My calendar told me...
by Louie Ferrera | Mar 18, 2026 | Nature
It’s one thing to watch a nature documentary with incredible close up images of whales frolicking in the ocean while David Attenborough intones about their majesty and splendor. It’s another thing to stand on shore and observe actual whales through binoculars. But...
“ . . . at the top of the pecking order and that includes the OTHER songbirds . . .…
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