Birds and Burros

Quiet week, lots of birdwatching in our back yard. We now have 2 hummingbird feeders as the orioles and woodpeckers keep feeding at them & the hummers get left out. Robin has taken to watering the bush just behind us with the neighbors sprinkler which excites the birds as many try to shower by rubbing around in the wet leaves. We have seen 3 kinds of hummingbirds, gila & ladderbacked woodpeckers, cardinals, cactus wrens, scrub jays, a verdin, northern mockinbird, hooded orioles and house sparrows. We have now made 2 trips to the store that sells bird food (not common here) for treats.

We have been out kayaking, tried fishing today but pretty big swells & waves so back to shore. I have snorkelled a few times, got a few decent pictures, lots of fish variety.

We did the hike up the mountain again! - crazy!, but this time we left at 7:00 AM & took enough water. It went much easier so will probably be a weekly thing.

We have been visiting with 2 Canadian couples who have RV'd mainland Mexico, mainly to Puerto Vallarta, we are now considering that for somewhere in the next few years.
 Robin has been doing some wood carving, he's getting pretty good!
We went out exploring again, this time along the coast road then circled back to San Jose. We found a few shells, picked up a lot of prickly things on our shoes (they seem to jump onto your feet) and had a close encounter with 2 burros. On one hike away from the car we heard whimpering & found 3 very young puppies that appeared to have been dumped on the side of the road. There was a plastic crate next to them, we couldn't leave them there to die so we took them. Now what? We stopped to check with a nearby road guard but he had no interest & mentioned a vet. Off we went in search of a vet, our lucky day because we found one, they called the Humane Society for us & they agreed to keep the puppies until the Humane society could pick them up. Hopefully a good ending.

We have looked into a sport fishing charter to go out after tuna & dorado. We will probably book one once we can confirm a couple other people to share the cost. We continue our mission to eat our way thru Baja, this week it was a breakfast buffet at Mango Deck, a crazy bar/restaurant on the touristy Medano beach, then a walk along the marina.

Still not bored!