Michael Reinhart recently got this great photo of a Spotted Towhee singing.

Can you hear it? Maybe this will help. Here's a link to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Spotted_Towhee/sounds

Here's what Cornell says about this bird's call: "It lasts about 1.5 seconds. The song starts with one or two (up to eight) short introductory notes and then a fast trill that can sound like a taut rubber band being plucked, or a piece of paper stuck into a fan. Some Spotted Towhee songs have just the trill phrase only."

Thanks to Mike for allowing me to share his photo with you here.

It's warm and breezy today, with a big fog bank lurking over the ocean. Yes, we did have an earthquake on Wednesday morning. It was fairly mild here - two seconds of shaking. No damage except to our nerves!

Can you hear it?