Final Post Park play day

Tomorrow I have to bite the bullet and go water at the oasis. Today was around 110° there. I'm really not looking forward to it. I hope the cottonwood still has some leaves on it.

Meanwhile, at Marathon, once again I glimpsed the Streak-backed Oriole but didn't get a photo. It was fun sharing the quest with some enthusiastic birders though.  Among the many birds I photographed, here's a juvenile Golden-fronted Woodpecker. Taken at a great distance, so a bit grainy.

Back in Alpine I snapped a couple of pics of the Great Horned Owl that lives in the big pecan tree...

A recently fledged Western Kingbird.

And our one remaining duckling, almost full-grown now....

Lotuses blooming