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Bartholomew
Bartholomew the Black-headed Grosbeak. Despite the ending of his name he chirps.
Orange Asian Lily Intermission
Bird Jokes
Between rains
“Did you hear about the Cormorant who was picking at beak boogers with a claw on his foot? He ‘clawboogered’ himself!”
“Bahahahahaha!”
“Wait a minute. That’s not funny!”
“Okay already! Quit looking at me like that. It was just a stupid joke!”
See no fishies. Hear no fishies. Eat no fishies.
There Unseen
4:17 am in the falling rain. There’s a planetary alignment behind those clouds.
I looked to the west and saw Wile E. Coyote laughing at me.
4:45 am. I can see the moon, Mars and Jupiter.
The alignment if there were no mountains, trees or clouds.
Esatern sky at 4:51 am, 5:07 am, and 6:30 am.
A Shasta Daisy Galaxy
A bored Buddy in a meeting this morning.
Water like chocolate in the acequia madre.
Pink, Silver, Spunk
“Hahahahahaha! I see you Brian”
Harry Hopper!
Ladybug in Shasta Daisy. Harry Hopper. Native bee on Shasta Daisy.
Spunk being a book prop.
I presented my paper at a conference, so now I have started on Christine Robertson’s new book “Three Years OF her Life”.
I broke in the book and got through a few pages by torchlight last night.
Spunk in a chair tunnel
Spunk hanging
Mermaid
Mermaid was happy after we finally got a decent rain last night.
We had a thunderstorm that started yesterday afternoon and rained late into the night producing 0.54 inches (1.4 cm) of rain. A happy Mermaid put on several blooms this morning.
Glenda on the deck, listening to the rain.
Morning clouds after the storm at sunrise.
Can you see Marina’s “Incognito” Pear Tree?
Bugged
Beetle bugging
Two O’Clock Shadow
Moon shadow at 2:00 am
I went to bed before the moon rose last night. However, I woke up at 2:00 am and walked out with the moon and the stars. The moon was so bright it was casting very sharp shadows. My moon exposures were major to say the least.
The sky at 2:00 am illuminated by a super Strawberry moon.
Super Strawberry moon, 99.9% full, at 2:00 am. My exposure was 1/2500 of a second, ƒ/7.1 at 100 ISO. I believe that is the first time I have gotten that much detail in a supermoon.
Blue grosbeak
We have not seen Peter, Paul, and Mary for the past three nights. They probably flew further south in search of food. However, we did see three beavers feasting on willows.
Bullfrog, a female Wood duck in the Clearwater ditch, and a male Wood duck in the Rio Grande.
Moon And Darkness
Dawn
Last night’s clouds. Do you see a face?
The moon finally made it through the clouds last night.
Last night’s moon at 92.4% full.
Paul is on the left and Peter is on the center-right.
We got out to the owls later than normal last night. At first, we could only find Peter and Paul. Mary finally showed up when it was too dark to focus. She’s in the last two photos with Peter.
The fading colors of dusk from last night.
Tonight’s moon finally rose above the clouds.
Tonight’s moon at 97.6% full.
Sunset tonight with rain that evaporates before it hits the ground.
Owlets Banking
After totally clear skies all day yesterday, a few clouds gathered at dusk for the painter to paint.
Peter with a moon halo last night.
I walked outside to photograph the moon and got clouds covering the moon. Maybe it will clear up later so I can get the moon.
The owlets were banking on the top of the levee and down on the bank along the clearwater ditch last night. Paul flew up into a tree on the other side of the Clearwater ditch and Mama Owl brought him something to eat and then flew off to go back to Wowlmart as quickly as she flew in. When it was almost dark Mama Owl came back with either a bat or a mouse. She perched close to me just long enough for me to get a photo of her, then she took off at warp speed.
Off Center & Not Even 