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[Translate] I’ve been feeding hummingbirds since I moved from New York about eight years ago. I’ve always been charmed by these seemingly delicate creatures (They are actually quite aggressive!) ,but little did I know that I would be attracting an interesting nighttime visitor to the feeder as well. Back in New York there was only […]
[Translate] As I have said in a previous post, it has been super hot here in the Sonoran Desert. Yesterday, in the foothills of the Tumacacori Mountains, it was a blistering 110F ! I was planning another session with my “batcam” rig at the hummingbird feeders, but technical difficulties presented themselves (I tripped over […]
[Translate] It has been hot, hot, hot here the last two weeks, well over 100F, and the desert animals are thirsty. Pools have long dried up and critters from all over come for a nightly drink at the fountain outside my office window. These are grey foxes and are quite common from southern Canada all […]
[Translate] I went out this morning as usual to retrieve the card from my motion activated camera when I heard a loud thump behind me. Something had smacked into the mountain room window, and hard. With some trepidation I walked over a peered behind the two rattan chairs and there he was-a Western Screech-owl (Otus […]
[Translate] I thought I was going batty when buzzed by a squad of furry flying mammals on the way out to empty the garbage. I don’t know about you but growing up I believed that old wives tale about bats getting caught in your hair. Not true according to the experts, but old […]
