Adios, 2023!

Now that it’s almost 2024, I’d better finish up this year…hope you had some holiday fun. We did a few fun things. We went to the Desert Botanical Garden twice in December and they had some beautiful decorations.

Self-portrait

We didn’t see many birds or other critters there, I think there were too many people around:

Gila Woodpecker, male

Round-tailed Ground Squirrel

Queen Butterfly

Of course we had some holiday festivities at home.

Bouche, Ferguson, and a not-very-cooperative Torti modeled holiday collars

Ferguson, as usual, was the most cooperative:

Sort of, haha…and there were a few birds in the yard looking for exposure…

Inca Dove against fire stick plant backdrop

Gilded Flicker, male

And what are the holidays without sparkles?

Anna’s Hummingbirds, male

Form follows function with a Curve-billed Thrasher

One of our outdoor kitties, Sadly, was stalking the neighbor’s cat, Misty, in the holiday spirit:

And now on to New Year’s Eve, where there will, hopefully, not be endless fireworks scaring all the outdoor kitties, dogs, birds, and other wildlife. It’s always a very loud night in Phoenix so I’m dreading it but hoping that 2024 will be a good year for all of us!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!