Apr
01
cherry blossom time
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Washington’s famous cherry trees peaked this week. I woke up early Thursday to beautiful sun, and happened to be at a point where I needed to think about something other than the book chapter I’m writing, so I went down to see the trees for the first time in years. A tip if you ever think about visiting the cherry trees: go on a weekday, first thing in the morning.
Here’s my favorite shot:
I like the stumpy tree, valiantly blooming.
[...] Can you see their two heads sticking up? Actually, you can see a lot of the body of the one on the right; the other head is just to the left of that. (The thing poking up on the left is part of the nest.) The guy is involved in bigger osprey-saving programs, too; he’s sent osprey chicks off to other states to help get populations back. Ospreys, like all birds of prey, were in a lot of trouble for a while there because of DDT. But now they’re back. I saw one fishing in the Tidal Basin when I went to look at the cherry blossoms. [...]