Tuesday, July 7, 2026, 52.8* F, 83% RH, 0605
Wary, Zayne looks down the short hall, stays behind me ready to reverse at the opening of a bedroom door. We pass through the kitchen, through the open slider where Zsolt stands on deck waiting. Cool air. Sun tangled in leaves. Blue sky under white haze.
A Mourning Dove joins six other voices: Blue-headed Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo, Cedar Waxwing, American Robin, Ovenbird, Common Yellowthroat, White-breasted Nuthatch. Merlin continues listening after we come inside, doesn’t identify Zsolt barking at the opening of a bedroom door.
There are voices we have not been taught to identify.
Photo: LJ Austin
