California Thrasher

One very hot day last week, we were privileged to spot a California Thrasher foraging for insects in the backyard. I've seen these birds in the chapparal but this is a first so close to human environment.

He's back.

Here is a bird that my youngest grandson would have enjoyed seeing. This Greater Roadrunner hung out in my backyard, today, while temperatures were in the triple digits. I saw him capture and eat a lizard, first, and later caught him drinking stagnant water out of a non-functioning water fountain.