And It Became 2024

Hello, Moon.

Happy 2024. We’ve had some cold-for-Arizona days and nights with rain. Then it cleared up for a few days but tomorrow we are heading back into a few more days of rain and cooler temps. So I’ve really not been anywhere much but the yard…and finally a few migratory birds showed up but they haven’t really stuck around long. I don’t know why they haven’t stayed longer, there is plenty of food for one and all.

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Yellow-rumped Warbler, male

Orange-crowned Warbler

White-crowned Sparrow (this is an immature one but there were adults, too)

The young Cooper’s Hawk is often closeby:

You don’t want him looking at you that way!

My old standbys are around, of course:

House Sparrow, male

Northern Mockingbird

Curve-billed Thrasher

Gilded Flicker, female

But it’s a good thing that I have kitties around to amuse me and take photos of. Ferguson is the most cooperative of the bunch so here he is amusing me in various ways:

Prepping for Valentine’s Day

Getting ready to go birdwatching with me

Proving that he really is El Gato Supremo, trying to be their spokescat

Playing with his educational Christmas toy

And these 2:

Torti and Bouche whiling away a rainy day

Representing the outdoor cats in this post is Sadly, a sweet semi-feral boy with dreamy seafoam green eyes:

So I hope your 2024 is going well for all of you and that we all have a fun, glorious year ahead!