The Lone Owlet at Dawn
Black Phoebe on a fire hydrant bollard at dawn
The river was down again this morning. Almost sunrise.
White-crowned Sparrow
Looking up a cottonwood that’s full of birds I could hear, but not see.
Sunrise and South Beach
Wilson’s Warbler
A pair of White-brested Nuthatch’s
Merlin says this is an Eastern Bluebird.
The Lone Owlet nd sunset
Sunset
Dusk
Hepatic Tanager at dusk
Dawn
Update on the orphan owlet from the raptor rehabilitor:
“The owlet is eating like a pig and doing well. He’s spending days outside in the GHOW enclosure with foster dad GHOW Royal to ensure he knows he’s a GHOW, and enjoy fresh air and nature sounds. For now, when he’s in the outdoor enclosure in the daytime, he’s in a large sheltered nestbox with wooden slats so he can see and hear Royal but will stay secure in the nestbox while he’s still smaller. I’m bringing him in at night because it’s still a bit cool overnight here and he doesn’t have siblings to snuggle with for warmth. Eventually he’ll be staying in the outdoor enclosure with Royal 24/7 and he’ll have room to learn/ practice flying.”
If you would like to donate to Wildlife Rescue, Inc. in New Mexico to help the orphaned owlet and other rescued wildlife, go to https://wildliferescuenm.org/donate-give/.
Mama Owl waiting for Daddy Owl to bring breakfast.
House Finches in silhouette
House Finches
The Mudback of Notre Pond holding his head up
Another turtle checking things out
Still Dawn
Ducks in the mist
Tracks on the beach. The trail is from a beaver’s tail dragging in the sand.
Sunrise
Mudback of Notre Pond changed position after sunrise
Blue Grosbeak
The Lone Owlet looking east after sunrise
Laurie caught El Vato Kitty sitting with the silver-haired Sasquatch
Sunset
The Lone Owlet at dusk
The moon, Jupiter and Venus were line up nicely tonight.
5:45 AM
Looked like Mama Owl had a squirrel she was feeding to The Lone Owlet
Turtles at Dawn
Ducks at Dawn
Dawn
Towers at Dawn
Mudback of Notre Pond
Curious coyote pup
Tired-looking coyote mom
Settling in to sleep after a good squirrel breakfast
Pre-sunset
Black Pheobe catching flies at sunset
The Lone Owlet at sunset
Nice pink at sunset
Ducks at dusk
Dusk
Can you find Jupiter and Venus?
Jupiter and four moons
Jupiter and Venus are easier to see in the above photo.
The smaller owl was out of the tree on the ditchbank when Jake and I went on our early morning walk. Three coyotes were eyeing the owlet. I chased off the coyotes, ran home with Jake, grabbed a box, ran back, put the owl in the box, took it home, put it in the library, covered it and shut the door so the cats wouldn’t bother it. Luckily, Daddy Owl did not attack me, and Mama Owl was nowhere to be seen. I took the owlet to Animal Rescue in Albuquerque.
Daddy Owl watching th grounded owlet.
Owlet in the box
Sunrise
Lesser Goldfinch
The three coyotes were playing on the ditch bank across the ditch from the owlet’s tree when Jake and I resumed our walk.
Sunset
The lone owlet
Venus made a brief appearance through the clouds.
Jupiter and the crescent moon.
Dawn
“Oh! No! Il Paparazo and his big bazooka, again!
Snowy Egret flyby
Spotted Sandpiper
Doing the Sandpiper Boogie
A mama goose with four goslings
Practicing gosling ballet
“What do you mean, say I look like a dork!”
“Not only do you look like a dork! You look like a dorky duck!”
“Well! I never! Come on, Donald, we don’t have to listen to this lowly teenager insult us!”
“That’s obvious, given they have no ducklings!”
Spotted Tohee
Yellow-breasted Chat
Both owlets are hanging around outside the nest. One low. One high.
Morning bunny
Black Phoebe
Sunset
Black-crowned Night Heron
Venus and the Sliver Moon
Jupiter and four moons
Sunrise
White-brested Nuthatch
Bushtit
Northern Rough-winged Swallows
Killdeer in the corner
“Make a skedaddle paddle for the bank boys, there a paparazzo pointing a bazooka at us!”
Maybe the paparazo is not as much of a threat as they thought.
Mama duck got her ducklings in a row.
Spunk: “Whoa! Look at that sunset extravaganza!”
We were not able to go on a walk until sunset
Wynona stopped by to say hi
Can you find Wynona in the above photo?
Who do you think hold its beak under water the longest? Looks like the far duck won.
Goose family
Can you find Daddy Owl in the above photo?
While I was photographing Daddy Owl, I heard a chirping close by, and there was a Summer Tanager perched right in front of me. I could barely see him in the darkness.
The clearest shot I could get of the owlet in the darkness. I could not find were the out-of-nest owlet was tonight.
Peony
Sasha looking cute in the catio
Doppel standing on the translucent roof in the catio
Gwendolyn
Silver in a state of cator mortis
One of the owlets is hanging out outside of the nest
Other owlet is staying in the nest
Mama Owl
One turtle
Another turtle
Two turtles in the mud puddle
Western Tanager
pTerodactyl
Mourning Dove
Mother Goose and her goslings
Father Goose
Lark Sparrow
Chirp, chirp-chrip, chirp-chirp-chirp
Chirp-chrip, chirp-chirp-chirp, chrip-chirp
Sing us a song you’re a Towhee bird
Sing us a song today
We’re all in the mood for a melody
And you have us feeling okay
Crazy Bushtit
Blue Grosbeak love or Not!
Yellow-breasted Chat
Jetty sculpture garden in the Rio Grande
Bullfrog
Female Hepatic Tanager
Owlete after sunrise
Out-of-nest owlet snoozing on the tree trunk
Blue Grosbeak
Out-of-nest owlet snoozing on a large branch at sunset
Turtles have their heads barely out of the water, holding their mouths open, waiting for a meal to come close enough to snatch.
No much left of this iceberg floating down the Rio Grande at dawn.
Female Blue Grosbeak
Yertle the Turtle hanging out in a mud puddle in the almost-dry, clearwater ditch.
Owlet @ Dawn
What looks like either a flycatcher or western bluebird hanging out above Mama Owl. I think it figured it’s less likely to become dinner above Mama than below Mama.
The mystery bird perched above Mama Owl
Mama Owl
Owlet @ Dusk
Jupiter with two of its moons
Blue Grosbeak
Spunk’s charging
Glenda
Looking bored waiting for dinner
Daddy owl looking for dinner about 12 feet from us. Fortunately, we were too big to be dinner.
Off Center & Not Even 