Our Favorite Time of the Year in Arizona

Not only do we have the beautiful cactus flowers blooming, but we get to see A Great Horned Owl sitting in a big saguaro cactus with a couple of baby owls!  They are so darn cute!  And for a while Mama Owl sits in the nest with the two little ones, until they get a bit too big and there is not room for her!  So she sits nearby on some condominiums to keep an eye on her little ones.  This cactus was transplanted when they built the condos, but the Owl comes back every year to have her nest.  It is right on the side of the main road going through our development.  She causes quite the attraction, people are out all the time with their big zoom lenses getting close ups of those fluffy little baby owls.  Take a  look...I must admit to taking more than one picture myself, but I did try to spread it out over the three weeks we were there!

This is actually Mama owl and I don't think you can see the babies very well, but there are two of them!

                                                             Aren't they just too cute??!!

                                                          Mama owl keeping an eye on things!