Blue Grosbeak at dawn
Mama Owl: “I see you pesky paparazzo!”
Mama Owl feeding and grooming the owlets at dawn
Yes Mama Owl, the pesky paparazzo is still here!
On the virge of sunrise
Towhee waiting for the sun the rise
Here comes the sun
“Talk to the tail, Paparazzo!”
A coyote pup followed Jake and I around on our walk in the bosque and on the riverbed.
Summer Tanager
The pup, standing closeby, cocked his head when I spoke to him
Bushtit
The little tike brushed by Jake while we were looking at the Bushtits, then he turned and looked at us like asking, “Well? Did you notice?” I saw him brush by Jakeout of the corner of my eye. Jake didn’t react, as if he didn’t notice.
Wile-E Coyote, Jr. followed us out to South Beach and acted like he wanted to play.
At first, he got too close for the Bazooka to focus (minimum focus in 11 feet), so I had to take a few steps back to get him into focus.
Jake ignored the poor pup’s advances, so the pup found a stick to play with, and then looked a bit sad as we waked away.
Blue Grosbeak
He was singing the blues
The pup followed us to the top of the levee and watched us cross the bridge over the Clearwater ditch, as we disappear behind the cottonwoods along the irrigation ditch. We didn’t see any adult coyotes on our walk in the bosque and on the riverbed.
A hummingbird with a “Don’t mess with me!” look on his face was between us and the coyote pup as we crossed the bridge on our way back to see what the owls were up to.
Mama Owl and Owlet where relaxing.
Laurie got good photos of the mama goose with her two goslings when she went out for a walk this morning.
Blue Grosbeak at dusk
I believe this is a female Black-headed Grosbeak.
Mama Owl waiting for Daddy Owl to bring dinner.
Owlets patiently waiting for dinner.
Can you find the hummingbird and the grosbeak in the above photo?
Sunset
Off Center & Not Even 
OMG! So many sweet babies.
Love that coyote pup. Can they be domesticated? He seemed to like you and Jake. Why do I worry about animals?
The owlets are so fluffy and the goslings… what a treat.
Thank you Tim! xx
I don’t believe coyotes make very good pets. Lots of critters around. Thanks, Resa.
A wildlife cornucopia! Actually really surprised with the proximity of that pup. Possibly something happened to the mom as she would generally never allow that. Probably best Jake did not get attached or engage. How many owlets do you think that couple has fledged…has to be well into the 20s.
The owls have had three owlets more often than two, so it’s going to be closer to 30 owlets over the past 12 years. I think the little coyote was out wandering around. Mama was probably nearby but didn’t see Jake and me as a threat since the coyotes see us in the bosque every morning. Thanks, Brian.