Yesterday I finally joined my friend Truman for an early morning walk from Angler’s Cove to the Salt Pond and back, about a 3 mile round trip through some of the best birding and wildlife parts of Sun City Lincoln Hills. I’ve lived here almost 18 months and this is only the 3rd time I’ve walked there, despite being cajoled and prodded to meet the group for almost that entire 18 months. It was a great walk. I finally saw two of the five coyotes that live in the area. There was great excitement from other walkers we met that the coyotes might be raising pups nearby. When we got to the Salt Pond, a pair of American Avocets had nested in plain view right on the edge of the Salt Pond. We saw and photographed at least a dozen birds including this White-crowned Sparrow, one of my favorite spring birds.