Migration excitement underway

Always a busy, crazy time! I went to the oasis yesterday and saw a lovely male Hermit Warbler, got the watering done, feeders serviced, then rushed to Fort Davis to see a Bobolink in birders' yard. I hadn't seen that species since I was a child in Iowa, like more than 60 years ago.

I had to drive my husband's big pickup to go to the oasis, and needed a stool to get into it, which was a big pain. After I got back to town, my pickup was ready, so I won't have to do that anymore, I hope.

Here's what a failed tank looks like nearly a month after a monsoon...

And here's what it would normally look like at this point after a monsoon...

Just gotta accept what I can't change.

Last night I went to check to see if the Elf Owls are nesting in the same hole as last year. They're nesting in the same agave stalk but a hole 3-4 feet higher up. I really need to get them some newer stalks. These are just about worn out.