It’s officially hot in Tucson. The temperature was 100 degrees yesterday but we are supposed to have cooler weather now for a week or so and by cooler I mean in the mid to lower 90s.
My daughters and I have been exercising at the local high school. We see a Cooper’s Hawk there everyday and everyday I say I’m going to bring my camera the next day… Today there were two and we found their nest. I am going to take my camera tomorrow. They are so close and rather tame acting. We walk or run (not me) around the track and they just sit in the bleachers about 20 feet away. It is really cool and I know I could get some interesting shots of them. A golf course is behind them and they always appear to be watching the golfers at the driving range.
As we were heading home we saw hummingbirds in the mesquite tree, rabbits scampering about the desert vegetation, ground squirrels standing erect and then diving into holes, and of course lizards of all sizes and colors running across the path. Once we saw a poky gila monster loping along and what a huge and majestic lizard they are.
I love the desert and the peacefulness of it in the early morning is quite tranquil.
I've added a picture of the nest up in the lights and a bad one of the Cooper's Hawk on the telephone pole. Can imagine it gets very hot when they are on, since it's already 90 degrees at night without the lights.
