A tractor was out plowing a field and making lots of dust in the cool of the evening. The wind blew the dust over the clearwater ditch and into the bosque. Mr pT, a pterodactyl formerly known as a Great blue Heron, was wading in the clearwater ditch, took flight, and flew through the dust into the bosque.
Off Center & Not Even 
Wow you think he was hunting and was surprised? Love that wing span 😀
Hi Michelle. He was looking for food, and once I got too close (but still a long ways away) he flew. Sometimes Mr. pT lets me get close, but he’s fickle.
We had one in our back pond and it flys away when I get close. You seem to see a lot of wildlife much more than I do and I live in the country 😊😊
We have the river and bosque that attract a lot of wildlife.
Oh okay that is true and large body of water always draws them. I love them
So pretty! I might not like birds but I can appreciate their beauty
Thanks, Becky. GBH are really graceful and especially beautiful in flight.
They are certainly pretty in your pictures
Such a gorgeous bird and scene. We have Herons but the white ones! Terrific shots of this majestic creature!
Thanks, Hollie. We have snowy egrets and night herons, also.
Amazing. They are so beautiful. We have a lot of sand hill cranes here. They own this place, so sweet with their little families. I heard they are monogamous, they really stay close together.
We get the sand hill cranes in the winter. We love them. It’s sad when they leave. They are always in pairs, often in small family groups, but normally in groups of hundreds in fields and the river. They gather by the thousands in Bosque del Apache about 100 miles south of us. I saw photos of cranelets. They were so fuzzy and adorable.
That’s fabulous Timothy. We only see them in small groups , but more often a pair with their youngsters , one or two . If they get separated they will call out for hours. So sweet but sad if they don’t reunite. Have a great day!
It is sad when the get separated. In the hundreds, they are very loud, as you can image. Their call is so distinctive.
I’m sure it’s quite a ruckus! 🙂
What a rude tractor.
It was just doing it’s job. Thanks, Couriers.
Mr. pT is a magnificent bird!
It’s a fabulous bird!! I don’t want any of them to lose a youngster.
You capture wonderful images for us city folk! Thank you!
Thanks, Resa!
Jurassic Park, N.M.
Thanks, Teri. Moving to things Cretaceous, the New Mexico Museum of Natural History just opened an Animatronic Bisti Beast exhibit of a Tyrannosaurus Rex based on a complete tyrannosaurus skull found in the Bisti Badlands in northwestern New Mexico. You can see what the Bisti area looks like at https://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/11/where-the-dinosaurs-roamed
Nice!