In a post a while ago, I mentioned that my husband and I went to Stallion Springs, a community on the west side of town, for a picnic lunch in a nice little park by a small lake.
After our picnic, my husband enjoys the view.
On the other shore is the golf course; there is also a resort attached.
We disturb many red-winged blackbirds on our walk and they become quite agitated when I linger trying to capture them with my camera. It's spring after all and they have eggs or baby birds to protect.
I like the way the church spire peeks through the branches.
Another red-winged blackbird, balancing on a thin reed.
Many Great-tailed Grackle make their home in the park. The males are lovely sounding birds; the Spanish call them clarinere, the clarinet player. Of course, I read that in my Audubon bird book.
Ground squirrels in the park look different from ours in the canyon, with darker fur, no white rings around their necks, and definitely better fed. Chubby little guys, probably thriving on picnic leftovers.
Getting ready for a vermin closeup.
A lovely day.......
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Note: I have not been able to access my new hotmail account since last Wednesday or Thursday. Outlook took it over and requires a MS password, which I established, and then everything went wrong. Having neither time nor energy to deal with it now, I have switched back to my ingerwiltz@aol.com account for the time being. Sorry about any inconvenience this may have caused those of you who reply back via email.
