Ernie says they’re Heron’s

The Salt River (Rio Salato) runs through Phoenix and has wetlands that attracts these Herons.
"Abundant Beginnings: In the early 1800s, historical accounts and expeditions (such as those by George C. Yount and the Pattie party) noted that the Salt River (historically referenced alongside the Rio Salado) teemed with beavers, with dams located every few hundred yards."

Why they stopped by our place is a mystery but we are only a few miles from some wet areas left in river channel from resent rain. Arizona use to be full of Beavers with the green oasis along valleys that the Beavers created. It was also much greener with grasses before Cattle strip mined the desert.

I'll bet from the air our property already looks the greenest and the top of the 30' dome frame is the highest spot around soooo.

Donna and Ernie are the new Beavers 🙂

Well, that leveled out nice. So I think I’ll leave it to set.

Clearing the cardboard from Donna’s potato patch and Suprise

Well,… there is 2-3” of gravel mixed in with this Kaliche mud (no Portland.

New Plan… I’m going to let this firm up to the point it can be walked on without damage and put another couple inches of gravel on it then some fence reinforcement and pour a concrete floor.