ANOTHER TRY TO SEE THE TROGON

Bob and I took Lance and Pat up to Madera Canyon to show them where the Trogon is nesting. On our way up the trail, I happened to see a hummingbird fly into a tree.  On closer examination we saw her sitting on the nest.  In the top picture we would have missed her if we hadn't seen her fly into the nest.  The second picture is the top one just cropped so you can see her better.

I took this picture looking down on Lance, Bob, and Pat (and an unknown person).  Soon after I took this picture, we saw a Black Bear walking just up the hill from where Pat and Bob were standing.

We didn't get to see the Trogon, again!  I've decided I'm bad luck because every time someone goes to see the Trogon with out me - they see it!  We did however stop at Santa Rita Lodge on our way back down the mountain to do some executive birding .

 That's where we saw this big guy!

Bob and I will have to make another trip up to Madera!  I have seen the Trogon every year since we've been here so I'll keep going up there until I see them.

CINCO DE MAYO

We celebrated Cinco de Mayo over at the rec center on the deck.  This year they combined Cinco de Mayo with the Potluck, so we had a much larger crowd than usual.

Bob, Marg & Norm getting ready to decorate

Norm gets into Cinco de Mayo

 Just pictures of the crowd:

There were prizes and Ron was the big winner!

This was the same night as the "Super Moon"  I got a couple of just so so pictures!

This was our third annual Cinco de Mayo on the deck!  Another good time!