I was delighted yesterday to see a (three year) Bald eagle fly directly over the yurt thrice yesterday, allowing me to do a visual confirmation of very mottled underwing coloration/colouration, indicating age of about three years. Many birds (and now planes and helicoptors) have been using our yurt as a visual flight marker, something we never observed in the pre-fire house.

Also, Redpolls visited today, landing in the nearest cherry tree in driving rain. They snarled , "No food here and it's still raining and freezing!" before departing just as suddenly.