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