Rain Camping?

Between the rain and the road mist raised by traffic today, visibility was limited when I drove home from McNary Education Center. I am very pleased with the rain. The temperature is about 37 F but after all this is January and spring is yet far away. Although perhaps not as far as in past years. Global warming is possible. We will know more if birds come early. Those early birds would face disaster if their hatchlings appear before the great insect invasion. Many birds feast on seeds and do nicely when those are available. However the hatchlings cannot eat seeds and insects are protein that does not require difficult digesting. Well some adult birds partially digest foods and the young reach into the their gullets for lunch. Sounds pretty gross but the birds thrive so it obviously is supposed to be that way. But rain is forecast to fall every day this week some percent of the time and that’s fine with me. Makes me a really happy camper, mostly because I do not intend to camp out in it.
Naomi Sherer