About 2,000 years’ ago, a small sapling grew next to a church in the tiny village of Santa Maria del Tule near Oaxaca, Mexico. The young sapling was barely tall enough to avoid being stepped on as people hurried to the church for Mass. The tree was a Montezuma bald cypress, Taxodium mucronat…
Our acre lot is surrounded by towering cottonwoods and eucalyptus trees which are perfect spots for nesting birds each spring. Constant chattering of birds, babies begging for food and males protecting their territories fill our yard with bird songs. The variety of visiting birds makes bird …