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!”
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.
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 to 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
Snowy Egret at Dawn
Wood Duck
This might be a Yellow-breasted Chat
Coyotes on the run
Mama owl and owlet sleeping and sunrise
Guard Hummingbird and sunset
One owlet at sunset
Wynona Beaver hanging out with us at sunset
Can you find Wynona in the above photo?
Can you find six coyotes in the above photo?
Owlets at dusk
Hummingbird at dusk
Mama Owl and Owlet in the morning light
Snowy Egret
Fly Catcher catching flies
Spunk saved us from an attack napkin
Spunk helping with Mother’s Day presents
Worn out Spunk from all his hard work helping with Mother’s Day
Spunk
Stormy skies near sunset
Can you see the owlets?
Daddy Owl on guard duty
What do you think happened to the owner of these sandals?
A) Chupacabra
B) La Llorona
C) Raptured
Can you see the Goose with two goslings in tow?
No rain storm
Dawn
Can you find the owlette?
Sunrise
Gwendolyn
Glenda
Sliver sleeping
Cat 5
Spunk
Loki
Mystery Kitty
The mystery kitty started hanging around last summer, fighting with our cats through the wire in the catio. You can read more about that at https://wp.me/p1yQyy-cr8. He has always run away from us whenever he sees us, but Laurie noticed he’d been looking thin, so she started leaving food and water out for him. He was meowing at the Sally port door this afternoon, and our cats were not fighting with him through the wire. I walked out the door and he ran. I sat down on the step and called him. He slowly came back, sniffed me, got up on the step next to me, and let me pet him for a few seconds before he ran off again. I went back inside and in a few minutes he was meowing at the door again. I took a can of cat food out and put it in his food bowl, and he really appreciated the canned food. I sat on the step with him eating at my feet and took a few photos. He definitely looks rougher than he did when we first started seeing him last summer.
The humming bird that was buzzing aroung us while the mystery kitty was eating.
If you didn’t find the owlet in the long shot, here’s a closer view.
Sunset
Dawn
Sunrise
A Peacock Butterfly with a piece of its wing missing
I didn’t do it! I swear! I didn’t bite the peacock butterfly.
Eurasian Blackbird
Squirrel Nutkin again
European Robin
European Robin in silhouette
Gray Heron overhead
Atlas: “Why don’t you ever bring any of those birdies home for me, Paparazzo?”
Goldcrest
Freyja: “What about me?”
Illusive Eurasian Jay
Tree over the trail
Sunset
Bedtime
Off Center & Not Even 