Cassie got a paw massage yesterday

Before we even set out yesterday, I discovered evidence of a cardinal nest in my back patio. The evidence was this guy and his mate dive-bombing me when I went out to check the Inner Drive Technology weather station:

Later, we took the most direct route to the Horner Park Dog Park, where I met up with a friend and Cassie met a bunch of new friends:

Altogether, Cassie got 3 hours of exercise, and we stayed outside for about 6½ hours total. We won't get anywhere near that today, unfortunately, but yesterday was a lot of fun for everyone except the cardinals outside my back door.

We have excellent birdwatching behind our house. Grackles, starlings, robins, blue jays, house finches, golden finches, mourning doves, 2 pairs of cardinals (the males fight constantly), 2 pairs of Baltimore orioles, Northern-capped chickadees, sparrows, 2 different kinds of woodpeckers, tufted titmouse, etc. Plus some raptors, owls, and the 2 American bald eagles who nest across the street. Today we had a turkey hen cross our property. We like it a lot.