Warmer weather finally

The last couple of days have been in the 90°s. Feels good. Even a couple of butterflies are showing up. And my first dragonfly of the year. It was a Giant Darner, a species almost impossible to photograph as they don't land. Here's the first Queen butterfly for the year.

Also I was very lucky to locate a roosting Elf Owl yesterday. Birders were there that got to see it and add it to their life lists. The owl was hiding in my dormant Soapberry patch along the arroyo. It gives me great pleasure to be able to share such wonders.

Birder viewing his lifer Elf Owl