Our son, Bradley and his fiancé Tanner live in Diamond Bar, California . . . a bedroom community 40 minutes southeast of Los Angeles. As seems to happen every time Ingrid and I travel somewhere warm . . . it was unseasonably cold . . . in the high 30s at night (snow in the mountains).

Yesterday morning after it warmed up, I went for a stroll around the neighborhood and got us three first of the year birds . . . and a nice variety of species.

When I got back to their townhouse, Bradley and Tanner were very polite and listened to yet another of my birding adventure story