Life pauses when the cries of a raptor fill the sky

Photo by Moryt Milo

I woke early this morning to walk along the creek trail. The temperature was heading into the triple digits, but at 7 a.m. it was still in the 60s.

The waterway, which stretches for miles, has become unwieldy. Barely flowing due to a severe drought. Still, the ducks have found enough current to paddle along and the turtles haven’t stopped sunning themselves. The beavers…