Some months are a little skimpy this year, for the expected reasons. The first sentence (more or less) of the first post for the last twelve months:
- 2 January: Staying close to home, I walked over to Reston’s Walker Nature Center, past the high school and the mini-mall with the Domino’s and 7-Eleven.
- 15 February: Waiting out the ice storm until Monday, I got some time to walk the Glade today, just before the rain came back.
- 7 March: We have resumed nest box monitoring at Huntley Meadows Park (following precautions and adhering to protocol, of course).
- 6 April: Sean Wyer unpacks a word that has always puzzled me: naff.
- 1 May: Box #68 hatched out — Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus).
- 3 June: I’m Washingtonian-famous, for the month at least, recommending Mucca Pazza’s Tiny Desk Concert.
- 5 July: After my annual scuffling with the Google chart API, I can post the summary graph of nesting activity for 2021.
- 1 August: この ちかくに コンビニが あります。
- 6 September: Labor Day means a hike in Shenandoah National Park.
- 5 October: Best use of inset text, Snark Division.
- 6 November: Phase 2 has hit the “substantially complete” milestone.
- 5 December: Oh, dear.
The year in review: