It’s a real challenge to get a bat in flight at dusk.
Owl Five napping: Daddy Owl, Owlets, and Mama Owl
First Bat
Jake-In-The-Box
Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn among the star, shining through thin clouds and smoke.
A Jake-In-The-Box
Lizard
Western Bluebirds of happiness
Iris
Blue Iris
Mother’s Day roses: Neil Diamond looks like Scentimental. Anna’s Promise, and Vavoom.
Ketchup & Mustard and Vavoom.
Beaker
Søren
Ring around the moon
It’s half the moon it used to be!
The Owls & The Pussy Cats
Sunrise
All three owlets were out of the nest this morning. The youngest owlet is closest to the camera.
Daddy Owl
Spunk
Silver
Gwendolyn
Glenda
Sasha
Loki
Marble
Bonus Bunny
Click on images to enlarge them. See what shapes you find in the clouds.
Bluebirds In Love
Western Bluebird taking off with a bug
Male and female Western Bluebirds. They seem to be a pair of lovebirds.
Matt & Leslie’s new Husky Cross they rescued. Her name is Sasha. She looks a little like our wolf, Mosby.
“Whatcha looking at?”
“Talk to the tail feathers, Paparazzo!”
While the crowd and owlets were waiting for Mama Owl to bring dinner, she was perched on a tree looking for something to catch for dinner.
Reflecting In Abstracts
Abstract Reflectionism
Cows In The Mist
Venus, Jupiter, Mars & Saturn
The Rio Grande is running higher
Laurie said I’m a “dust denier!”
Peepers’ peeping
La Luna
Cloudscapes
Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn at 5:30 am.
The wind blew clouds and smoke through this afternoon making beautiful cloudscapes.
D-Wowl & Wowlet Action
Jupiter moved further around to the right of Venus this morning. Mars and Saturn are really spreading out.
Venus and Jupiter with three of Jupiter’s moons.
Owlet profile and then giving the Paparazzo “mad dogs.”
D-Wowl looking cool.
D-Wowl scratching an itch and nibbling on his talons.
Wowlet action series.
Tonight’s sliver moon.
Conjunction — Jupiter & Venus
Jupiter and Venus were sitting side by side as they rose a little after 5:00 am. Mars and Saturn were in line with Venus spread out at almost equidistance between each. The sky was smokey from forest fires, and Saturn was in the smoke lit up by the light pollution from the city.
Jupiter with two moons showing. Venus to the right.
Mars is a red point of light.
I was able to get the rings of Saturn through the light pollution and smoke. Saturn does not have good visibility right now. In June it will have excellent visibility, so I should get much better photos of the rings in June.
The early morning sky viewed directly above me.
I swept the floors this morning. Glenda thought I was making room for her to bring in more loads of dirt, which she did.
Mama Owl was perched on the edge of the nest at 4:30 this afternoon before she flew off in search of food. An owlet waited patiently.
Black Phoebe Snow
A Black Pheobe was bopping around close to me tonight. It’s a sassing little bird. I was talking to a friend on the ditch bank when it flew between us, giving both of us a buzz. I decided to name it Snow. Really original, I know.
Off Center & Not Even 