Merry Christmas!

Hoping everyone had a wonderful Christmas.  We did not go anywhere for the Holiday.  The weather forecast looked like there would be lots of rain and possible mixed snow, but after a night of rain we had a mostly sunny day.  It got up to 50 degrees today.  As we look up at Mt Graham we could see that they got snow as well as the other mountain ranges that surround us.  The mountains stayed pretty cloudy all day, but we had a nice sunny day down here.

We had lots of birds visiting in the tree right outside of our trailer window all day.  The hummingbirds were going crazy flying around us.  They sound like little motor boats as they fly by your ears.  We spent the day outside, mostly trying to get rid of some of the items we carry in our camper basement.  Al finally threw away a pair of shoes that were over 20 years old with a split sole.  He thought he might need them if he had to be walking in the mud.  ahem!  Anyway we downsized 1 large container and one small one.  Always good to make a bit more room and lighten our load.  One of our neighbors came over with a nice box of assorted home made candies and cookies too.  Yum!

As this week progresses we will have a lot of campers coming and going.  By the 30th we will be mostly full as people come in for the New Year.  The weather should be warming up each day this week. 

Here are some of the feathered friends visiting us today.  We do not feed the birds as that would just draw in packrats, but they sure like the trees around us and seem to find lots to eat.

a little Ruby Crowned Kinglet

I believe this little one is a yellow warbler or an orange crowned warbler.  We had several but the moved around so fast it was hard to get a photo of their backside to help me identify.  Its a warbler!

This looks like a yellow rumped warbler, but to me it is a smaller bird.  Help me bird lovers!

A black Phoebe.

All in all a very pretty Christmas Day!  Our friends up north we are watching that weather and thinking of you.