Weekend Walkabout: Final Tuberose Portrait and Some Ibises Cross the Road

Well, gardening season is really over. Only a few shade plants and my cacti/mesembs are growing outside. But it was wonderful to try tuberoses this year. In the evening, they scent the whole block. Here is my final portrait of the Mexican Tuberose:

Our White Ibis population is up substantially from last year. Every day I have a flock in the front yard, eating breakfast. I drive very slowly in the morning to avoid strolling ibises and hopping cottontails:

Why did the ibis cross the road?? MR_2014