Praying mantus invasion

Had about 3 or 4 of these hanging out on the front door last night...

Hiking + Caffeine = Bad Idea (see the video evidence)

Careful opening your front door

I should sell this photo to the keychain light people, because not only does a good keychain light help you find the keyhole, but could also let you know if you have company. This guy was waiting to sabotage me several months ago, but I survived the ecounter, barely.

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he may not look like much now, but give this little guy a few months and he'll become quite the bug eating machine! although that makes me pretty quick, he wasn't easy to catch, chasing him all over the backyard in 105 degree weather...

Orange Madness!!!

Got an orange coming in, this tree will pay for itself soon...

Squatters at the house!!!

So these birds build a pretty nice one bedroom bird condo in a tree in the front yard. I'm taking votes on whether I should knock it down or not? The economy is tough, I may have to open up the nest and get the eggs, could make a tasty omelet? or should I just leave it alone?

Giving birds diabetes...

I went hiking yesterday at Mt Charleston, about 30 Minutes from Vegas. Very hard to believe this is so close to the desert... it was 65 degrees at the mountain, and 100 in vegas, so it was a great escape from the heat... I convinced the bluebird in the picture to give my power bar a try. He loved it and seemed to be begging for more.. Then I gave him some Clif Bar, which he admitted to liking even more. After his tasty treat, he became very loud, singing, almost yelling, I guess he wasn't used to the big sugar rush? Its not like I gave him caffeine, so give me a break... Then we hiked to a waterfall, hard to tell in the picture, but there is a good stream of water coming down... on the way back to the car it was getting dark, and we saw tons of deer, the picture of the deer didn't turn out too well, just a little too dark.