Tonight as I was pruning roses, a tiny bird hopped out onto a rose cane. He stared at me, and I stared at him, and then he flew back to the shelter of the viburnum. I only saw him for a split second, but I saw dark gray and olive. I think it was a female Common Yellowthroat (Mrs. Zorro?)

We didn’t see Bow Tie or any other little birds on our walk tonight. But we did see some ducks in the pond, swimming all in a row!