Just couldn't help myself

I felt compelled to pump the remaining water out of the lower dirt tank, so I hauled my 2" electric pump over to it, along with hose and cords.

Out of this tank

Into this tank

Since both tanks leak about the same, by combining the water into the stucco tank it'll cut the loss in half. I figure that'll make the stucco tank's water last another week longer than it would have.

Lots of Thornbush and Blue Dashers around. Here's a photo of a Thornbush Dasher. 

Sometimes I tend to take the common species of the oasis for granted and don't photograph them. I see I have never posted a Loggerhead Shrike photo on this blog before, so here it is.