We took Mom to the podiatrist today. I walked out into the courtyard next to the physician’s suite and took photos of this lovely koi pond with flowering waterlilies. Some of these koi were quite huge. You don’t see this in the Arizona high desert very often. Click on the image to enlarge.
A pair of curve billed thrashers built a nest in a cholla in front of our house. They have three eggs in the nest as of today. We hope to be able to get photos of the birds feeding the hatchlings soon. Click on the image to enlarge.
I took this photo of one of the several curve billed thrashers that have been hanging around the area. There are several pairs that have built nests which should be filled with eggs soon. I hope to get some photos of the thrashers and their chicks without disturbing them this spring.
I’m not sure what the bird has in its bill, maybe a seed or something for its mate. Click on the image to enlarge.
Damsel took this picture of me and Cabela today while I was engaged in the hardest thing I had to do today. Our beautiful little semi-rural house and neighborhood are in the background. Click on the image to enlarge.
Mom’s new home is really a ranch. There are a couple of horses and a llama (maybe an alpaca?) that graze in the pasture that is in the middle of the ranch. This horse was by the fence next to the road as we drove into the ranch to see Mom this morning. Credit Damsel for the photo. Click on the image to enlarge.
There are several Curve Billed Thrasher couples in the area that have shown signs of building nests in the cholla cactus around the area. I expect to find several eggs in the next few weeks in the nests that these interesting birds have built. Click on the image to enlarge.
I used to hang hummingbird feeders when we lived in California, but they never attracted as many hummingbirds as seem to show up at my feeder here in Arizona. I photographed this little guy a few days ago when he visited the feeder. Click on the image to enlarge.