The Spring Peepers are peeping!

US ICE detentions  story #45

This really is ridiculous. The Canadian, Douglas Dixon, living in Florida, pled guilty to owing back taxes as his smoothie stand went bankrupt during COVID, was paying it back, checked in with his parole officer, and a bunch of them were arrested. Most for unrenewed licenses. This poor man didn't tell his family he was in debt. He was embarrassed. 

Dixon said the men in his pod were arrested because they “didn’t have complete paperwork or did not renew their [driver’s] licences,” and were rounded up by ICE at the licence bureau.

This is insane. 

OK, back to my wildlife. We are in full-throated Spring. The wood frogs, tree frogs, and spring peepers were in full chorus last night. 

We'd had more rain, and the wetland is really full. There are flooding warnings all around. Not great news.

This, iPhoto tells me, is a Red Fox Sparrow. New for me! I was afraid to get up out of my chair and scare it off. 

What a surprise! A male wood duck up in the tree in the backyard. This is the same pair, I'll bet, I found on Barry Beaver's trailcam. Waddling around.

 

I was working out and spotted the male out back. Running upstairs, I grabbed the video camera. 

It was a foggy morning yesterday. But I got the evidence!

 

I have been reading these murder mystery/psychological thrillers by Freida McFadden, her real name is Sara Cohen. She is a specialist in brain diseases! Seriously!

I printed this off and I'm working my way through them. It keeps me occupied, and not about the horrific world news.