Fun at Agua Caliente

Often when our grandchildren come to visit we take them to nearby Agua Caliente. It's a great place to picnic -- even BBQ. This last year with Christine's mom with us we had a four generation Easter Egg hunt at Agua Calaiente. There is plenty of grass -- a rare thing in the desert. And of course, the ponds, with pond sliders and spiny soft shell turtles. The water also attracts many birds. In addition to the typical desert birds, we have seen: belted kingfishers, great egret, great blue heron, black crown night heron, green heron, vermillion and other flycatchers, western and summer tanagers, great horned owl, osprey (rare in the desert), cooper's and harris hawks, mallards, pintails, gadwalls, ring billed duck, ruddy duck, great and lessor scaups, and coots. Here is Noah at age three having fun chasing the ducks. I am sure their is a "plumber" joke here, but ...