We recently had a yellow crowned night heron on our dock. He didn’t fly away when I went out to take his picture. I didn’t get too close to the dock though.

Of course, the mallard came cruising up to see if I had a handout.

A red bellied woodpecker has been a regular in our backyard.

I saw this squirrel resting in our tree. When I got closer he didn’t move. I was beginning to wonder if he was still alive. I got pretty close and he turned and looked at me. I left him alone and after a while, he got up and left.

These bloom all year here.

Another wasp nest in the palm tree.

I saw this weird glow outside right before dark and ran outside to take pictures of the clouds. The rain had stopped and the sun was trying to peak through before going down.

The mallards always show up when you are on the dock. Even in the dark.

A few things from the backyard recently.