Clear morning with Venus, Mars, and Saturn
One Cormorant turned into three Cormorants turned into four.
Cormorants are silly birds
Daddy Owl keeping an eye on Mama Owl
Cloudy afternoon
Animals / Birds / Bosque / Clouds / Corrales / Cottonwoods / Great Horned owls / Night / Owls / Planets / Rio Grande / Sandias / Trees
Cormorant Quartet
Off Center & Not Even 
Love these! The cormorants make me think of boobies with their feet. And I love the details of the feathers. Wonderful grouping.
Cormorants are so silly. Especially when the sun themselves. No sun this afternoon so they just be’d plain silly. Thanks, Dale.
Must be fun to watch ’em bein’ plain silly…
I was waiting to see if they were going to be sillier, but two women paddled by in a canoe and scared off the Cormorants.
How dare they! 😉
People in kayaks, canoes, inner tubes, pool toys, and on paddle boards mess up a lot of shots for me by scaring away the critters I’m photographing. Most of the time the paddlers and floaters have boomboxes blaring music while they are paddling and floating down the river. I don’t get the need for music when your out in nature.
I never understood that, either. I want to hear nature’s sounds. And ugh to all the people (at least they don’t use motorized boats).
I’d be one of the kayakers, sorry! It’s one of the few forms of exercise I don’t hate and you do get a cool view being on the water. But I don’t get bringing the loud boomboxes in a canoe or something. Don’t people worry about their stuff getting wet?
I’ve wondered about the wetness factor, but they either have water tight boomboxes or they don’t care. I don’t mind the kayaks, paddle boards and canoes. I use to canoe down the Rio Grande with a friend from Cochiti Dam to beaver point every summer when I was a teenager. 40 miles. We had some exciting times doing that. Thanks, JYP.
Those look like Neotropic Cormorants – those are the silliest of them all ha!
I think you are right. More like Neurotropic headcase Cormorants. Thanks, Brian.
Definitely!
They look like silly birds. Gorgeous sky capture!
Thanks, Michele.
Love them all. Esp the night sky. ✨
Thanks, Holly.
Thank you Timothy!
You are very welcome, Holly.
Daddy Owl and Mama Owl ❤️❤️❤️
Thanks, Gabriela.
My pleasure Timothy. Hugs to everyone.
Very nice pictures. I got a cute video of a cormorant sun bathing.
They put of a pretty good show. Thanks, Roberta.
AND wowls too. Lovely pics.
Thanks, Shey.
Awesome bird shots Timothy, you caught got the cormorants very well and always nice to see Daddy Owl again. Have a lovely sunday.
The silly and the wise under a beautiful sky! Painter in great mood again!
Thanks, Marina.
My pleasure …always!
💛One Cormorant turned into three Cormorants turned into four.💛
Wow, how i long to visit this place where Comorants nest, bathe, eat and play.
Love these pics.
Thanks, abvr.
Your photography is really fantastic. Thank you Timothy:)
Thanks, Janet.
Your shots of them are in the dictionary next to the definition of “silly”. Our skies have been cloudy, so no views of the planets. *Sigh*
Thanks, Maj & Sher.
A beautiful dawn sky, Tim. We’ve had too many heavy clouds up here to see it. Snow mixed with rain this morning!
The photos are beautiful, capturing the mood of the area. Cormorants and owls two very different personalities. I can’t wait until the little ones start popping up over the top of the nest.
Thanks, Lavinia. We should see the owlets in a week or so. It was April 22 last year.
Adorable and that sky is amazing.
Oh good, we’re all waiting for the owlets! 💖
Thanks, Cindy.
You’re welcome Tim!
Loving those skies …always enjoy your bird pics Tim!
Thanks, Julie.
A Cormorant Quartet… like a barbershop quartet. Will they be singing anything?
Do they sing or caw or?
I can’t hear them if they make any noise, but I’m sure whatever sound they make is silly. Thanks, Resa.
Oooo! That purple sky ♥
Makes one want excuse onself while one kisses it! Thanks, Teri.
I just heard a certain guitar riff….
I thought you might.