Yesterday I had a visitor stop by our front fountain: a Coopers' hawk! YES! A nice, big FAT ONE, too. I think this is the momma. There are 2 young ones additionally in our neighborhood. In fact, one of our neighbors (next street over) stopped by and chatted and they visit her yard, too. I sometimes hear them cackling to each other. I always know when they are around because ALL the birds in the yard have disappeared! Sometimes when they take flight, they bump into my craft room window...poor things. And sometimes I find their feathers all over, so I know one has been a meal for one of the hawks. But, that's nature, right?
I did find a young hawk DEAD in the front yard last week. I looked at it and couldn't see any cause of death, and since I'm still recovering from week 3 of a TERRIBLE, coughing, NASTY flu, I didn't do anything with it. It sat out there until one morning I noticed the whole thing WAS GONE! I believe that one of the neighborhood feral cats made off with it. Nature's cycle completed.
Anyway, here's the link to the You Tube video that I made about the visitor:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFrsDOy-8gU
My gardens in the desert southwest and other flowers that grow in our region near Palm Springs, CA.
Monday, January 27, 2020
Garden, Spring 2019
I'm so sorry I haven't posted on this blog for...2 years! I can barely keep up with my other two!
Anyway, if you want a little sunshine, here are some photos I took of my garden last Spring. I had sunflowers and hollyhocks all over the front yard and around the mail box! The hollyhocks got to be over 6' tall. I planted black oil sunflower seeds from the bird seed I use in the yard and they weren't quite as tall. They also weren't as sturdy as the hollyhocks and many of them broke in our March winds.
Anyway, if you want a little sunshine, here are some photos I took of my garden last Spring. I had sunflowers and hollyhocks all over the front yard and around the mail box! The hollyhocks got to be over 6' tall. I planted black oil sunflower seeds from the bird seed I use in the yard and they weren't quite as tall. They also weren't as sturdy as the hollyhocks and many of them broke in our March winds.
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