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6 | LIFE IN SOLERA | JUNE 2022 | A female mallard duck has nested and produced little ducklings at the home of Richard and Beverly Crowe for the last three years. Each year the nest is in exactly the same spot: near the front door and well hidden among the maidenhair ferns. Here are five photos of this year's nest. The eggs hatched on May 5 and momma duck took the little ones to one of the lakes on the Oak Valley Golf Course. Photo credit for the first two photos goes to George Vawter who produced the stills from a short video Richard took. George also reproduced and placed the video to the following link (A Duck moves into a Crowe's nest!.mp4 on Vimeo). Gary Stoh took the photo of the family on the porch when he just happened to visit the Crowe's home at the moment momma duck and her little ones were about to leave for the golf course lake. The city of Beaumont is considering a proposal by an Arizona developer to build a 2.5 million sq. ft. industrial warehouse between Cherry Valley Boulevard and Brookside Avenue, just down the street from Solera. There are three things Solera residents can do to voice their opposition to this mega-warehouse, which would be 30 percent larger than the Gateway warehouse now under construction further down CV Boulevard: 1. We have until JUNE 6 to comment about the project, including the draft environmental impact report (http://www.beaumontca. gov/civicalerts.aspx?aid=849). Email your comments to ctaylor@ beaumontca.gov.. Please remember to put "Summit Station" in the subject line of the emails. They can also be mailed to Christina Taylor, Beaumont City Hall, 550 E. Sixth Street, Beaumont, CA 92223. 2. The Beaumont Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on the warehouse on TUESDAY, JUNE 28 at City Hall at 6 p.m. 3. The City Council is expected to vote on the matter on TUESDAY, JULY 19 at 6 pm Stop the Mega-Warehouse Down the Street from Solera! Ducks at the Crowe's Nest Above photos: Momma duck walks to her nest after an evening of feeding. Momma duck and the ducklings on the front door mat. Momma duck on her nest (her head and bill face left). Momma duck pulls the down feathers from her breast. It keeps the eggs warm and hidden while she is not there. While momma duck was off feeding, we pushed back the down " blanket" to reveal the eggs.