The Rio Grande is down about four feet, exposing a carved-up beach.
A black and white bovine at sunset.
While I was checking the status of irrigation water under the peach tree, this hummingbird was en garde, buzzing me, hoovering in my face, and perching less than an arm’s length away to keep a close eye on me. I get this strange feeling there might be a nest in the peach tree.
Off Center & Not Even 
Yep, I agree… prob mom watching her nest.
Great pics!
She doesn’t mess around. Thanks, Leenda.
How lovely!
Thanks, Holly.
You might have a nest. Kristy says there’s a nest in the carport at the office. She’s heard chirping and seen bird visits. Fortunately she’s not being buzzed.
Latest WP quirk (11:00 pm ET) – I see we’re all [1] now. It’s being reported across WP land, and nobody likes it. We may be close to a rebellion.😏😏😏
Hummers are territorial and viscious. Tristan had a bird nesting over her front door some years ago. It was aggressive. But it’s the Cooper’s Hawks that are problems because they can do some damage when they attack people, which they do. They had to close of an area at church because a Cooper’s Hawk nesting in the tree was attacking people. Bruce got buzzed by Cooper’s Hawks in a park just a few weeks ago.
I think rebellions fall on def ears at WP. Thanks, Deborah.
I guess WP discovered they introduced a whopper of a bug while overhauling the admin pages, or couldn’t figure out which [1] they were talking to … probably the latter.
WP bugs!
We’re back to our names … just when I was getting used to being called [1].
“The One.” Did you ever see that Jet Lee movie of the same name?
Yes. Some of the moves he did were incredible.
I see auto corrupt changed Li to Lee.
Always at work …
WP is back to its tricks of disappearing comments, erasing followers, and more. It never tires.
From my interactions with WP’s customer sabotage team, they pride themselves in annoying users.
wow gorgeous. the beak on the hummer looks soooo long and sharp to be that close to your face Tim❤️
They only threaten, thankfully. Thanks, Cindy.
Oh that’s a good thing for sure Tim❣️
The sunset is so brilliant I barely noticed the cow! I did see the amazing reddish mountains in the distance of the first photo
The Sandias, which is watermelon in Spanish. Thanks, JYP.
BTW You should check out Spunk’s parody for G&G”s birthday.
Even ‘carved up,’ it is a beautiful river.
Thanks, Shey.
Hummingbirds know all:). You do need the precious gift of water so desperately….
Thanks, Janet.
Everything in your place has a very special character. From the carved up beach, to the shy cow, to the watchful hummingbird. All beautiful.
Thanks, Marina.
I love the sunset with the bovine. The composition is perfect!
Thanks, Liz.
You’re welcome, Tim.
That is not a lot of water, is it? Gorgeous view of the Sandias, though.
Gorgeous sunset. Mooo!
And wow. Mama must be protecting her nest. I never see them, never mind see them perched!
The hummers perch around our place. A male hummer pecrhes in the top of one tree and keeps his eye on things. Thanks, Dale.
So cool.
Wide variety of photos. Keep the hummies happy! Sad to see the RG down that far, is this much variation seasonal?
The river is still running higher than normal. It was up bank to bank because of the run off. Before they built Cochiti, the river over driedup in July and August. Thanks, Brad.
I absolutely love your views, and all your wildlife, enjoy!
Thanks, Tiffany.
What a beautiful view of the Sandias at golden hour, bovine at sunset and hummingbird standing guard. The Mississippi River got extremely low back last year. I have photos of people walking and riding 4-wheelers on the exposed river bed and the barges limited to dredged channels to keep the river traffic moving. I was glad when the rain finally came and the river life got back to normal.
The Rio Grande use to dry up most years when I was grwoingup. It gets super low, but the conservancy keeps water running through year around. Thanks, Rebecca.
There probably is a hummingbird nest in that peach tree. The hummers are back here again, working the garden. They especially love the big orange trumpet vine.
The hummingbirds love our trumpet flowers and we have lots of trumbet flowers. Thanks, Lavinia.
There’s something about that bird… not Hitchcock-style. I fell in love with it. Cheers, Tim.
Hummers are cool birds. Thanks, Inchie.
Thanks.
Crazy how fast the Rio Grande can fill up, then dry down.
The Sandias’ colours are magnificent! Great shot, Tim.
Did you find out if there’s a nest?
Humming bird nests must be the size of demitasses.
The Conservancy easily crontrols the flow of the river from Cochiti Dam 40 miles north of us. I have not found a nest, but they are tiny. Here’s a sequence of hummer chicks growing up in 2017: https://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2017/7/paparazzo-chicks Thanks, Resa.
Ah, so The Conservancy is behind it all.
I visited the link.
What a beautiful post!
I love it.
I had to laugh at the pic where they barely fit in the nest. 😂
You are a walking talking science lesson, Tim.
I’ve been exposed to more nature on your blog than anywhere. Thank you!
That’s the nature of things. I thought that post was more recent. Time flies. The little hummers were characters.
Yes, time flies.
It’s a relentless reality.
I guess those hummers have great, great, great, many etcs. grandhummers by now.
Probably lots.
Looking back on that series, I need to remember to give the link to Charlotte. She’s fascinated by the cotton from the Cottonwoods and asked if birds lined their nests with it. The hummingbirdsbuilt their nest using cotton, possibly from your tree.
She’ll love that post!
Once I catch up on comments, I’m heading to her blog.
I know she’s wanting an update on the gown.
I’m in a whirl of beading right now, and more vintage green beads (gift) are arriving this week.
As beading goes slowly, it seems eternal right now. However, I know I’m close to the end.
As I bead, I’m thinking of presentation ideas, for the post.
I’ve got this mix’n’match idea for performers who need gowns, but don’t really like repeating.
I’ll stop here, as I might go on forever!
Wow I love vibrant colours of the sky! The rio grande would be great place to visit
Thanks, Becky.
A nest in the peach tree .. perfect
Thanks, Julie.
Pretty hummer, it is quite possible it does have a nest nearby – look for the spider web glob. Then again, they are rather aggressive birds – pity the second hummer to a feeder as assuredly they are going to get a long thin bill up their butt.
We’ve been seeing little hummers near that spot. Thanks, Brian.