It rained overnight and was overcast this morning. We decided the cooler temperatures would make a visit to one of our favorite places in Tucson a great outing for today. If ever you plan a visit to Tucson, this is a definite must stop. It is part botanical garden, part living history museum, and zoo . . . everything desert related. Our first stop was the Hummingbird enclosure. What fun watching these beautiful little birds buzz by within inches of you - zoom, zoom.
If you look closely in the picture below, you can see the remnant of an egg shell and the long beak of a newly hatched hummingbird. Mom was already feeding the little darling nectar. It was pretty amazing that the nests we noticed, were located rather low and within easy viewing of everyone.
Next up was the Raptor Free Flight. We loved the show last year as raptors are some of our favorite birds. This time around, the woman discussing the birds was not very articulate and was rather boring. We did get a nice picture of a Harris' Hawk.
We left before the program was over and decided to walk some more of the grounds. There are warnings to be on the lookout for snakes but we never saw any that weren't part of an exhibit. We did, however, run across our first tarantula, alive and not part of any exhibit.
We didn't really see anything new from last year other than the tarantula. Click here to go to our blog entry from last year if you are interested in seeing more pictures of our visit here. We did have some occassional sprinkles but it was a lovely day to spend at the museum.
Once we were done, we headed into town to do some shopping. By the time we headed home it really rained at times. Thankfully, it waited until the groceries were unloaded from the truck and into the rig before it opened up. Whew, dodged that bullet.
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