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| Great Egret at dawn |
Six days a week we go to the hawk tower to count the migrating raptors arriving from Mexico. Ty walks the 2 and a half miles early to listen for Owls and Nightjars and Ida rides the tram at 8:30. We walk up the long ramp to the two story tower above the trees and a great panorama along the Rio Grande.
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| Looks like a great day for hawks |
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| Fun to count when the raptors form kettles |
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| White-tailed Kite |
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| Broad-winged Hawk |
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| Crested Caracara |
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| The rare Hook-billed Kite that birders long to see |
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| Swainson's Hawk |
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| Mississippi Kite |
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| Sweet smelling Retama Trees in bloom looking toward Mexico |
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| Ladder-backed Woodpecker near the tower |
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| Verdins call all around the tower |
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| Purple Martin resting just above tower |
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| Brown-crested Flycatcher just arrived |
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| Altamira Oriole pays us a visit |
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| Four-lined Skink all the way up on the tower |
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| Spider Web covered in dew |
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| Lincoln's Sparrow |
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| Male Hooded Oriole |
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| Female Hooded Oriole |
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| Coral Bean blossum |
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| Bold Jumping Spider eats insects on our RV |
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| Harvest Ants drag a caterpillar to their hole |
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| Vine Sphinx Moth |
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| Hanging Clubtail Dragonfly |
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| Blue-collared Spiny Lizard |
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| Bronzed Cowbird |
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| Thousands of Mexican Freetail Bats emerge from overpass |
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| The bats go out many miles and consume thousands of insects |
We have two weeks left on the hawk tower. We also have been enjoying worshipping at Palm Valley Church each week.
Love & Prayers,
Ty & Ida Baumann
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