meet 'coop'

this is one of our 'kids' in the back yard. his name is 'coop'. he's a coopers hawk and is gorgeous. his tail doesn't show here but it's striped horizontally. don't think he gets much, the rest of the birds are very fast when he's around. we may be in denial here tho. he checks in almost daily.

our annual trip to mammoth lakes, ca will be in early april this year. jean has decided it's time to try skiing again. her leg has gotten most of it's strength back due to continued therapy on her part. hopefully going in april will give us sunny days like we've enjoyed in the past. snow every day gets old very fast.

we are looking forward to august and our trip to british columbia. we have decided to bite the bullet and drive. we want maximum freedom and that only comes with driving. southern resident orcas will be our goal, along with humpbacks and other marine mammals. we will finally put faces with the wonderful people we've met thru orca-lab.org and the community page. paul and helena spong have been wonderful to us and left the community page up. it's a treasure trove of environmental and wildlife information.