This is how scrub-jays look in the morning: cold, round and oh-so-cute.

Adorable great-horned owl chicks that fledged recently.

The female bird interns at the local bar on karaoke night.

David belting out "Magic Man" by Heart. His T-shirt was hands down the best part.

Parents came for a visit last week! We went to the Atlantic coast for two days. Here's Dad pointing at a sanderling running in and out of the waves. (I'm serious.)

Mom being a posterwoman for tai chi.

Beached Portuguese man o'war, bereft of its nematocysts.

Ming was in Florida for spring break, and we struck our traditional pose.

Yellowbelly (?) slider, which I'm told is an exotic species, at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge.

The refuge was the last habitat for the dusky seaside sparrow, which went extinct in 1987 and is the classic example in conservation biology of political snafus, phylogenetic mix-ups and plain loss of habitat.

Florida gator!

Okay, back to finding nests.