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Bobcat! This was from a few minutes ago. He hung around for a number of hours, mostly sleeping, but sometimes hunting. He was oblivious to my presence, I had to make a little squeak noise to get him to look at me for this photo, otherwise he ignored me and I could come a go at will. This is the third day in a row he has been here. Such a treat!

A red-tailed hawk has used the power pole next to our rv as a perch from time to time over the years. This year, for whatever reason, it is on the power pole nearly every morning. In the past if I walked over to our vehicle parked under the pole, it would fly. This year I have even started and moved the vehicle without effect him. This morning he flew to this nearby saguaro making for a nice perch. He has become my morning buddy.

What is even more interesting is the lack of effect he has on the other birds. Here he is perched right over one of my main feeders and the bird activity is unaffected. There are even quail running around on the ground. He must not be able to catch birds, and they must know it. Now if a sharp-shinned hawk showed up, it is lights out! All the birds are motionless or have flushed.

An iPhone photo from our hike to Seven Falls Saturday.

A mourning dove this week at the reflection table blind.

So Sunday evening it became apparent that water source to my waterhole at the Desert Photo Retreat had completely stopped working. Since the wildlife relies on this water during the hotter months, I couldn’t leave them without water, so I crabbed some airline miles and made a quick round trip to Tucson this week to get everything back up and running.

I guess one thing leads to the other. Look at how small that little baby is – it didn’t show in prior photos, so I assume it is only a day or two old.