I went for a bike ride through the park today, and it was gorgeous. All the trees have new leaves, there are flowers everywhere, birds singing. There were a lot of people in the park, which made me happy. Tomorrow I'm going to go running there.

Seeing all the birds in the park made me want to go birdwatching. I enjoy doing it, I just don't do it enough. So after the bike ride I watched the birds in my backyard. There's a lot to learn about birds by watching your backyard, even if you see the same birds most of the time. Today I saw Purple Martins, Mourning Doves, Northern Cardinals, Blue Jays, and Grackles.