The closest stop sign is over a mile away and the first traffic light is 5+ miles down the road. A visit to the grocery store is almost 30 miles round trip. It's quiet here; just the sound of toads and coyotes at night. It seems very still, but when you look close there's always something happening. Read on about a few things we've noticed over the past few years.
Saw one last week on the telephone pole. A Red Tail hawk took flight from a nearby tree and this falcon took off. It is much smaller than the Red Tail, closer to the size of a crow. This falcon is considered one of the most aggressive in the raptor family. It mostly eats birds caught in flight.
This giant tree had fallen years ago and had gone through a fire. I noticed the center of the trunk was hollow and when on all fours I found honeycomb.