Working on a project involving werewolves, looking at getting a new computer and a cintiq next year, and currently glaring at the trees around here that the city planted. Now, these trees do look pretty. They also produce enough pollen in later months to make the city streets look like they’re covered in snow and are an irritant to my sinuses, and are great homes for invader/pest species.
As far as summers go, it has not been that hot, all things considered. Just humid, and bright, with very little rain. Species of animals which were once much rarer are now pretty commonplace. Opossums seem to have out-competed skunks for the scavenger niche, at least in town, and redpolls, cardinals and some robins are now staying year around instead of stopping by on migration. Terns, once a rare visitor, have now made appearances in the bay for 3 years in a row, along with cormorants, and coyote numbers are increasing. I haven’t had time to compare this to Audubon society records, but the ecology up here is definitely changing.
