Leslie had an appointment for a facial at the Double Cleanse Salon in Teneriffe. We took the 196 bus for about 10 minutes and then walked another 8 minutes to the salon. I was a bit hilly and a tad bit warm. Once I dropped her off I headed to Teneriffe Park to poke around for a bird or two. I found the really hilly part of town! This park is located at the top of the highest hill around with great views of the city in the distance and lots of cool houses. The first ting I see in the park was what I thought to be an elusive nocturnal bird, the frogmouth. It was just a piece of bark and not a bird at all! I took the path leading downhill, because that is the only direction to go from the top. This path was switch backing down through a thickly wooded areas. I saw 9 or 10 brush turkeys on the way in and amongst the trees. At the bottom of the hill there were two small Jack Russel dogs, off leash, that came over to me. The older one never stopped barking at me and the puppy just jumped all over me. I walked over to the owner who had not moved a bit during this and announced that they had found the intruder and had retrieved the intruder and the intruder was me. The path kept going back up hill where I actually saw a Tawney Frogmouth. After the false alarm earlier I was very pleased. I would probably have missed it except this path got narrower and less developed as I climbed so I would take three steps and stop to look around. No need to surprise any spiders or snakes in these parts. I eventually got back to the top of the hill and it was time to return to the salon to meet Leslie. We walked towards the river to avoid any hills. Lunch seemed like a good idea so we stopped over by the library. The cafe was nice and we continued to walk all the way back to our place.
At the bus stop
St Mary's Macedonian Orthodox Church
Time for a double cleanse facial for Leslie
Nice interior
So many fancy buildings in the neighborhood
These are of the Queensland style
It also reminds me of new Orleans
Many unique mailboxes
Corrugated tin roof
Also a mailbox
A Quonset hut style mailbox
Different mailboxes is really a thing here
A palace!
It was all uphill getting to this park
Nicely wooded area
I was excited by what I thought was a frogmouth bird...just some bark
So many brush turkeys
A lawn on the top of the hill
Turkey time
An odd behavior. This Turkey got down on the ground, rolled over once and then lifted its wing
Then another turkey came and chased it off
Pine trees
Don't step on this nut
Trying out my new Smart Galsses
An actual Tawney Frogmouth!
I thought it might be an owl
eBird set me straight
The forest is dense
Bark falling off a gum tree
Fungi too
The immature bird on the right seems bigger than the parent bird. All that pestering for food has worn out the parent bird
It needed to cool down
The last of the path in the park. I was on the lookout for snakes!
The hills in this neighborhood are serious
This is a retaining wall and the gate leads to the stairs up to the house
This house has a crown on top
Outback ready camper
I can see the city from up on top
Great old fence on an old old building
Beat up gate at a great building
These are nice wooden accents
A huge blooming frangipani
With curly petals
Wood on top of brick. The architectural styles are all over the map
Huge mural
Three older mMrcedes
Love the style
Lots of chrome
Nice!
Fish Basket for lunch
