La Quinta Cove

Fancy a trip to the mountains in JUNE?  Want to see a production of “My Fair Lady” in the bargain?  The City of LQ and the Community Arts Theater Society of Big Bear Valley invite you to hop on a bus for a cool day.  After lunch on your own you’ll see a matinee performance of this great musical in a lovely Performing Arts Center.  Sign up before May 26 for this trip on June 26.  Cost is $45 for bus and theater tickets, on children under five.  Sign up at the Senior Center, City Hall, the city website (www.la-quinta.org) or call 564-1880 for more information.

 Community Services Officer Tom Fowler gives us some safely tips and  shows young residents the inside of a police car:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHEmonuukiA

A great example of motherhood in our fair city….self-sacrificing, hard-working and setting a good example for her family.

Here are a couple of peeks at the action at the Fritz Burns Park, back in the day when it was cool….

Our favorite bird: geococcyx californianus, to some of you.  Want info?  eats large insects, snakes, lizards, small rodents ( sounds great) and (uh-oh) birds, including nestlings and hummingbirds.  Can run up to 18 mph on it’s four-toed feet (two toes in front and two in back….tracks look like an X).  HERE’S THE IMPORTANT PART: DO NOT FEED HAMBURGER TO ROADRUNNERS! Unnatural diet causes slow death by kidney failure.  Bables develop rickets and bone abnormalities which are fatal.

On Saturday, Eric Scott from the San Bernardino County Museum gave an entertaining and informative lecture and then visited our own “Jurassic Encounters” exhibit.  He was greatly impressed with the museum facility AND the exhibit.  He comments here on…..birds?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvx65o2V60E

Here’s a look at the action at the Fritz Burns Park.  Great weather and lots of fun and food.

Sandy Swan, who led the Nature Walk last week. has sent the list of 20 species sighted during the walk.  Here goes: