After the monsoon

That horrible hail-ridden monsoon happened a week ago today. I had gone to the oasis afterwards, looked for clips of it on my trail cam, and didn't find it. Today when I was checking the SD card to see what birds have been present since the storm, I found the hail clips. Sure wish I had been there to witness it in person. The first clip is near the beginning of the hail, and the last one is during the worst of it, as best I can tell.

The tanks are still all nearly full. The road is still horrible. I worked on it what little I could on my way back to town. Then when I got to the blacktop, I couldn't find my phone, so took the torturous road back to the oasis. Turned out it was in my pickup all along. I'm a mess. Just can't keep up with my phone and can't live without it.

I was surprised to see one remaining Lucifer (juvenile male). Surely my last sight of one until March. 

So far, no exciting over-wintering species has shown up. There has been a Robin, Hermit Thrush, and Gray Catbird at the oasis for a week or more. Since there are so many berries this year, they may stay the winter.