[Zeno]

Animals are wonderful. I just returned from a causal slow crawl through miles and miles of 'nothing'. Saw many interesting birds: hawks, ravens, hummingbirds, doves, quail, geese, swallows, Redwinged Black Birds, Spotted Sandpiper, Black-throated Sparrow, Rufus-crowded Sparrow, Goldfinch, House Finch, Western Kingbird, Gray Flycatcher, Rock wren, Catus Wren, and a few birds I could not identify. A variety of lizards, some very colorful, were also around as were some deer. I also encountered many rabbits and a few coyotes - all rather dead looking - flattened by vehicles and dried out by the sun.

-Zeno