I haven't posted any photos of Parker in the last few weeks so I guess I will today. Like all kids, he likes the water and he had a lot of fun playing with the hose. These were taken before I had time to mow the crabgrass.

I was out irrigating yesterday at 6:30 AM and was delighted to see a flock of white-faced ibis land in the pasture, along with a pair of mallards who seem to think it is their home as evidenced by the drake's surprise attack on another pair who attempted to land. Anyway, I thought I'd post a couple of photos of the ibis as well as some other birds who have recently been spotted. There are photos of a turtle dove (probably escaped from someone's coop), lazuli buntings, northern (red-shafted flickers), white-crowned sparrows, and a bonus photo of our recently sheared sheep, the ewe can be identified by the numerous wounds on her body which were given first aid by JoAnn.