Our purple martins have started filling up our houses again. Notice the sparrow relegated to sitting on the pulley in the middle waiting until some martins to leave so it can try to move in.

Driving along beach road today, I saw the biggest trout slick I have ever seen. It ran for at least a half mile up to Oyster House. It was up against the shoreline and about as wide as the road. The slick was fresh and clearly smelled like cucumbers. I had never seen one at the shoreline. Likely there were 10,000 ten inch trout with 10,000,000 shad pinned to the shoreline. However, if I had had a pole with me, I would have given it a try.