Category: Great Horned owls

Three Doves And A Grosbeak

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Ash-throated Flycatcher at sunrise

Lone Owlet at sunrise

Watching a Cooper’s Hawk fly into the tree and start chattering a the owlet

Daddy flew in right after the Cooper’s Hawk

He had a gopher for Mama and Lone Owlet

Mama Owl giving the pesky paparazzo mad dogs

A Killdeer at Beaver Point

Three doves and a Grosbeak

Then I saw another Killdeer at The Beach

Eastern Bluebird

Say’s Phoebe

Eastern Bluebird

Silver

Guard hummingbird

Loki

Lone Owlet at sunset

Dusk

Beaver at dusk

Can you find the beaver in the above photo?

Let Them Eat Squirrel

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5:45 AM

Looked like Mama Owl had a squirrel she was feeding to The Lone Owlet

Turtles at Dawn

Ducks at Dawn

Dawn

Towers at Dawn

Mudback of Notre Pond

Curious coyote pup

Tired-looking coyote mom

Settling in to sleep after a good squirrel breakfast

Pre-sunset

Black Pheobe catching flies at sunset

The Lone Owlet at sunset

Nice pink at sunset

Ducks at dusk

Dusk

Can you find Jupiter and Venus?

Jupiter and four moons

Jupiter and Venus are easier to see in the above photo.

Grounded

Timothy Price47 Comments

The smaller owl was out of the tree on the ditchbank when Jake and I went on our early morning walk. Three coyotes were eyeing the owlet. I chased off the coyotes, ran home with Jake, grabbed a box, ran back, put the owl in the box, took it home, put it in the library, covered it and shut the door so the cats wouldn’t bother it. Luckily, Daddy Owl did not attack me, and Mama Owl was nowhere to be seen. I took the owlet to Animal Rescue in Albuquerque.

Daddy Owl watching th grounded owlet.

Owlet in the box

Sunrise

Lesser Goldfinch

The three coyotes were playing on the ditch bank across the ditch from the owlet’s tree when Jake and I resumed our walk.

Sunset

The lone owlet

Venus made a brief appearance through the clouds.

Jupiter and the crescent moon.

Iceberg @ Dawn

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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

Wowlets

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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

Critter Fest

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Our morning walk started with a beautiful crescent moon peeking through the clouds.

Clouds capped the Sandias.

Lots of cranes huddled together at dawn

The beavers were up early and splashing a warning that there was a dangerous paparazzo with a big yellow dog standing near the edge of the water.

A Bosque Bunny was up early, also.

Sunrise

Kitties: “It’s too early and too cold for you to be pestering us, pesky Paparazzo!”

Don’t you think it’s a little early to be hitting the catnip, Silver?

Spunk: “What are you looking at me for? Jake did it!”

Jake: “I didn’t do it! I swear! I’m telling you the truth. You know Spunk is lying. He’s always trying to get me in trouble.”

It looks like you got caught in the mosquito net again, Jake.

Sunset

The morning clouds left a dusting of snow on the crest.

Daddy Owl @ dusk

The Long Way Home

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Dawn

Our walk at dawn, a sniff and pee for Jake, took much longer than normal this morning because of colors, critters, and a different route home that introduced Jake to an overwhelming variety of new smells and tumbleweeds to pee on.

Daddy Owl

Geese

A coyote following us

We had to stop and play with our Three Amigos

Intense oranges at dawn

A rather gray sunset