Ernie Cowan's Outdoors column
Brooding clouds were dancing across the tops of the San Ysidro Mountains as an early spring storm swept eastward from the coast.
It was a weekday morning, and I was sitting quietly alone on a bench near the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Visitor Center. It would be another hour before it opened, and I had the desert all to myself ... except for whatever was being so active in the cactus.Readers know that one of my favorite activities is to “sit and see.” I find an interesting spot and just sit and watch for an hour or so.
I’ve had to pick these cactus needles from fingers, shins and ankles many times, but the wren happily lives life unscathed by this desert plant. It was time to see if I could get some good images of my new avian friend. I could get only so close before he dashed off to a safe distance. It became a cat-and-mouse game.
I spotted the first hooded oriole at Mt. Hoo this week. Soon, these neon yellow and jet-black birds will be nesting in nearby palms and feeding at my nectar feeders.
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