Recent Visitors

I am now in Cuenca, Ecuador but I had a few pictures that I didn’t have time to post before I left the lake. In the years I’ve live here I’ve heard of raccoons sometimes causing mayhem elsewhere in the community but I had never seen one. One night a few weeks ago I heard what sounded like pigs squealing indignantly and when I looked out I saw two raccoons by the dock. They seemed to be arguing but I couldn’t tell exactly what was going on because it was too dark. A few days later I saw this raccoon strolling by in the early morning. I hope he won’t cause any trouble while I’m away.

Here are a few recent bird shots. Woodpeckers are frequent visitors at the bird feeder. Once I put the bird feeder out I heard them pecking less regularly at the wood siding of the house, for which I’m grateful!

This little golden finch was happily nibbling at twigs while perched on a tree branch.

And this is a new visitor. I don’t know what kind of bird it is—I’ll have to do a little research once things quiet down around here.

I’ll be posting a couple more pictures in this blog and you can also check out the Ecuador blog, where I’ll be posting for the next nine months.