There are lots of doves around, you see or hear them every time you are outside. If a hawk or other raptor is flying in the area they all disappear and it gets really quiet.
The roadrunner was out in the yard today, I took these pictures from inside the motor home.
It flew up onto the fence and stood there for a while, then it sat down and stayed there for quite a while looking things over.
This Agave had bloomed and now was dying so they removed it today. The first part of the job went pretty good, they just pushed it over by hand.
This is what the blooms look like, they are a small agave that can drop off and grow. Agave are sometimes called the 100 year plant but actually live 5 to 15 years and die after blooming.
Barry tried pulling it out the rest of the way with the bucket but it wouldn't budge. Mona and Barry both cut on the tap root with a sawzall before came loose.
Finally it got loaded into the truck.
This is the other one over by our motor that also bloomed. Around the base you can see some small agaves that have started from the root or plants that dropped off.
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