Thank you, Kits.What a lovely thread and wonderful photos. Thank you for sharing your fabulous garden and wild life.
Harris Hawk Popular with Falconers over here. They have one at St Pancras railway station to keep the feral pigeons in check.This hawk just snagged a rabbit for dinner. Dozens of rabbits on the property.
Thanks, tenex. Distance from the wall of glass to the water is about 50'. When I'm inside, they don't react to me. If I slide the glass door open, many of them do.Fabulous photos. Just curious, with a whole wall of glass, what's the distance to the water pot, and does all this wildlife notice or react to you?
Juvenile female cardinal and a male gilded flicker.
Gilded Flickers are one of the most beautiful birds I've ever seen, even before they display the gilded wings in flight.
Add in being able to enjoy Tetley British Blend and Twinings English Breakfast for morning tea (with milk and sugar, of course) and it's not all that bad here in Scottsdale! I cannot complain about the little things, as I do feel very blessed.All that sunshine, all those birds, less people in the whole state than in one of our small towns.....well nearly.Only down side I can see is if you forgot the milk.
Pete.
What more could a person wish for!!!Add in being able to enjoy Tetley British Blend and Twinings English Breakfast for morning tea (with milk and sugar, of course) and it's not all that bad here in Scottsdale! I cannot complain about the little things, as I do feel very blessed.
That is a problem Amazon cant solve. Schlepp to store to get forgotten milk means the cuppa's gonna be cold by the time you get back....Only down side I can see is if you forgot the milk.
Some serious firepower you have there.Thanks ZDHart for amazing pictures and wow! you can see them everyday from your backyard! My home viewing station is right beside me on my home office looking out the window to the mountain range. View attachment 1394429View attachment 1394430View attachment 1394431View attachment 1394432
Btw, did you know that the East Frisians are the greatest tea drinkers worldwide? East Frisia - WikipediaAdd in being able to enjoy Tetley British Blend and Twinings English Breakfast for morning tea (with milk and sugar, of course) and it's not all that bad here in Scottsdale! I cannot complain about the little things, as I do feel very blessed.
Morning tea is an absolute delight that I greatly look forward to EVERY morning.Btw, did you know that the East Frisians are the greatest tea drinkers worldwide? East Frisia - Wikipedia
IMO that places them at the pinnacle of civilisation .
John
Wow Brian! You’ve got such a gorgeous and amazing set-up there! Thanks for sharing.Hi all,
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Great thread and fantastic panoramic “viewing station” you have there ZDHart. i spent a summer in the sea of Cortez and fell in love with the desert wildlife so really appreciate the variety of visitors to your slice of paradise.
We’re riding out the pandemic in southern Costa Rica and I gotta say I think we’ve landed on our feet, except for the tea part, Costa Rica as a coffee producer takes a dim view of tea.😉
Here’s our “viewing station”
Except for the photo of the river all the photos/video here were taken from the tiny patio/viewing station. The bird feeder is very close to the patio so the birds had to get used to our presence if they wanted to partake at the feeder.
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There’s a wonderful variety of insects, butterflies and reptiles that we’re always scrambling to identify and usually not succeeding at.
Sadly lacking in mammals though. Sometimes Variegated Squirrels, Opossum, Armadillo and a secretive local Costa Rican Tree rat but thats about it really. We have seen Sloths in the neighbourhood and once caught a glimpse of a Tropical river Otter in the river so theres that.
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What we do see here are birds, lots of birds. At the moment we have a backyard count from the viewing station of 147 species which would be a lot higher if I were a better tropical birder ( the good ones are 70% id’s by ear).
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Theres a tumbling mountain stream at the bottom of the garden where we often see a variety of Kingfishers and various wading birds such as the Fasciated Tiger Heron.
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Looking forward to seeing other viewing station!
Cheers,
Bryan
Thanks ZDHartWow Brian! You’ve got such a gorgeous and amazing set-up there! Thanks for sharing.
More than 147 species of birds - man, that’s a birder’s paradise right there!
As for great tea… you can have it sent to you, I’m sure!