Indigo Bunting

Indigo bunting singing its heart out at Burnham Nature Sanctuary: http://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/indigo-bunting

Puccini aria

Listening to WFMT radio and a beautiful Puccini aria by Dorothy Kirsten.
"Chi il bel sogno di Doretta" from Puccini's La Rondine:

Cuckoo

One bird that I miss from Europe is the cuckoo. You don't find them here in the U.S. My father used to sing this song: "Cuckoo Cuckoo, what do you do?" and he sang it as a boy soprano in his church and school choirs.

Cuckoo, cuckoo, what do you do?
In April I open my bill;
In May I sing night and day;
In June I change my tune;
In July far far I fly;
In August away I must.

Moon River from Breakfast at Tiffany's

Black Skimmer & Egret (Charleston, SC)

Egret (photos Marge Ishmael)

Black skimmer

My flowering dogwood tree

My favorite dogwood trees are in bloom this weekend in N.W. Indiana. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornus

Photo: Marge Ishmael

Families win case against fracking company

Two couples were awarded nearly $4.25 million today after a federal jury found one of the largest natural gas producers in Pennsylvania was responsible for the contamination of their well water.
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/03/10/3758832/dimock-fracking-case-decided/