Ann and Ernie at the 61st Academy Awards

when Family Gathering was nominated for ‘Best Documentary Short’. Nice.

According to the more vigilant hawkaholics, the first egg of 2011 from the pair of red-tailed hawks at the Franklin Institute was laid 17 March at 2.54pm. Estimated hatch is 24 April!

Egg, seen here with Dad.

oh, joy! another season of live red-tail hawk action. gotta love it!

when:   early morning December 21st 2010  |  1:33am – 5:01am EST

where:  visible from North America, Greenland and Iceland – Western Europe will see the beginning stages of the eclipse before moonset – western Asia will get the later stages after moonrise

Get some sleep the night of December 19-20 because you SHOULD struggle up to glimpse the full lunar eclipse (weather permitting) the night of December 20-21. The window of opportunity for seeing the eclipse is nearly 3.5 hours, pretty good chance to see it.

And how cool is it that the Winter Solstice is 6:38pm EST the same day?

Seems like a good time to dance around a flame.

OK, just wake up and see the eclipse. Doesn’t happen all that often…

we danced. we did.

ahead of the rain, hot weather has accelerated everything in the garden. tonight it’ll all be soaked.

First it was sticks. Then plastic. Dressings of pine boughs and now the City Paper.

There will be egg(s) any day now in the red tail hawk nest at the Franklin Institute.

Keep your eyes peeled…