Just beyond the back fence is a golf course. We've seen Western Kingbirds, Bald and Golden Eagles, a Great Horned Owl in snowy phase, had a Great Horned as a neighbor, whitetail deer, a small herd of elk, coyotes, voles, and a wolf...and the usual robins, house wrens, Canada geese, ducks, and such like critters.

But the most fun to watch are Homo Golferus. Watch a little fat man chase his runaway golf cart or the mating antics of a young male "helping" a young female to learn to swing the club and you'll know what I mean. Their young are also fun to watch, picking up their father's ball on the green and running away with it or "driving" the golf cart are but two of their antics.