The Nature of Things

  A roundup of the week's news of birds and the environment : The Monarchs are on their way ! I haven't seen any yet but others in my area here in Southeast Texas have reported seeing them. I will be on the lookout and I need to get my milkweed plants in the ground to welcome them. *~*~*~* Daylight saving time is coming for most of us whether we like it or not. It arrives at 2:00 a.m. on Sunday so let's prepare as best we can . *~*~*~* A report on the health of Nature in the United States was killed by the president but it has now been released independently, and the good news about that is  there actually is some good news ! *~*~*~* The Potomac River, once seriously polluted, had been deemed safe from sludge more recently but then a sewer pipe broke and dumped human waste into it. *~*~*~* There's potential good news on the California Condor front and goodness knows it's about time we had some. Wildlife biologists in California believe a pair of the birds is tendi...