Today's big adventure was to get up early (5:30) and drive down to Patagonia, AZ to do some birding. The morning started out on a bad note when 15 miles into the drive Dave realized he was wearing only his slippers, well, and yes his clothes too. So we made a quick Home Depot stop so he could buy Duct tape. Duct tape is his favorite product to solve all problems. He reinforced his slippers and was good to go.
At one point we were only 12 miles from being in Mexico. Though in Arizona, the highway signs all changed the distance in kilometers rather than miles. Weird. We arrived at Patagonia Lake Park and later met with our birding tour group. Birds were a little sparse at 9am. We split off from the large group and went on with a more youthful group (65 year olds) and did see more birds. The big payoff was finding the Elegant Trogan. Apparently he is such a prized find that when searching for him you don't dare say his name but rather refer to him as ET. It wasn't horrible bad luck since we found him.
Photos of Lake Patagonia
We stopped into the town of Patagonia for a nice lunch then meandered into a couple of shops that sold local art. Here is one of my favorite quirky pieces of "art". Camo horse, ragged clothes on doll, feathers on her back and peacock feathers for the horse's mane.
A very successful birding day and nice adventure down to southeastern AZ.
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