17 August 07
Mr. Ibis
The reference in the title is to a character in Neil Gaiman’s excellent book American Gods, which I finished last night. It’s the season when we are seeing lots of white-faced ibis flying about in long, lazy vee formations. They head out from roosts in the wetlands such as the Yolo Bypass to forage in fields in the agricultural landscape. Two days ago the alfalfa field just south of our house was flooded for irrigation, and in came the ibis.
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I was going to comment on this yesterday but Matt was all comfortable on the keyboard and all I could use was the mouse.
The comment involved high levels of envy. Oh man — white-faced ibis in your front yard! Those colors!
Hmm, where can I lay hands on an irrigation schedule?