The Hippie Tree

If I waited until it was pleasant outside before I took any photos, it might be a looong time, so I forced myself to make a small effort in my hot and humid backyard today. This is a Mesquite tree but it’s our Hippie Tree. Many bird-attracting or bird-photo-enhancing things hang in this tree in our far backyard. It has also become the place to hang some found objects or things I don’t want anywhere else. I’m sure the collection will grow. The Mesquite provides shade, of course, but also has edible pods and tasty insects, too, or so the birds indicate. It’s an active area.

One of our 4 hummingbird feeders

Black-chinned Hummingbird, male

Anna’s Hummingbird, female

A little feeder stocked with leftover fruit and peanuts

A piece of driftwood

A peanut butter-covered pine cone

Suet feeder

Some cats

Orange half #1

Orange-crowned Warbler

A found squiggly

A Macy’s gift card star

A hummingbird swing, rarely used

Anna’s Hummingbird, male

Windchimes, of course

A mobile

Orange half #2

Verdin

Aluminum utility cable found in the alley, now a perch

The perch, stocked with peanuts

A few of my favorite perch shots:

Curve-billed Thrasher

Abert’s Towhee

House Sparrow, male

House Sparrow, female

And this is the “bistro,” where I (and occasionally, Tony) sit and watch the birds in the Mesquite, under the shade of the Goldwater Pine.

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