Happy hour

A female ladder-backed woodpecker bellying up to the bar.

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Sunset 5_12_20

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Evening clouds

A storm is moving in.

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Black-chinned hummingbird and his love dance

The video is of the black-chinned hummingbird (in the photo above) doing its mating flight. Males fly up and down in a U-shape in front of a female. This flight is pretty short; they usually fly up pretty high and swoop down low with a buzzing sound.

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Cavalcade of critters

Birds, bugs, snakes and flowers all making appearances now that the temperatures are warming up.

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Thrasher nest, final episode.

Kids grow up so fast!

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An eye opening web site on inequality…

https://mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/

And a wonderful look at sustainability in architecture…

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Thrasher update 5_2_20

There are 3 little ones that barely fit now.

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Curve-billed thrasher nest

Our first visible nest of the Spring. These birds seem to like our casa as they are always hanging around.

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Sunset 4_28_20

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