Ducks in darkness
Harvest Moon peeking through a cottonwood.
Harvest Moon 2023
Tag: birds
Beep! Beep!
Beep! Beep!
“Hey, Paparazzo! Have you seen Wile E. Coyote around?”
“Why Yes! I just saw him on the ditch bank!”
“Gotta go. I’m running late!” Beep! Beep!
Algae expressionism
Happy Equinox
Canadian Geese at Dawn
Rustic Sphinx Moth (Manduca rustica)
If you have ever wondered what hornworms (often called tomato worms) turn into, this giant Rustic Sphinx Moth (Manduca rustica) is one example. They also turn into the common Sphinx Moth or what is often called the Hummingbird Moth. The big boy was born in the catio this morning, so it’s a Euinox Rustic Sphinx Moth. Laurie saw the kitties looking interested as the moth crawled across the floor (wings not dry enough for it to fly). She snatched it up and put it outside the catio, out of reach of the cats.
Rustic Sphinx Moth on my hand for scale. It was about 3 inches long.
Spunk trying on his Equinox Wings.
Loki started celebrating Equinox with a bit of catermortis. Silver and Glenda are in the background.
Marble Hot & Fresh in Fall colors in Minutes.
A big hand blessing the beginning of Autumn at Dawn.
Outriding The Storm
Venus and stars at dawn
Sirius at the bottom left. Jupiter at the top right at dawn.
Stars through thin clouds at 10:30 PM.
Day Breaker Rose
A Hawk was “riding the storm out” on top of a tree while I was “outriding the storm” on my Black Beauty Bosque bike.
Sunset
R D T
Rainbow bridge bleeding color
Ducks
Turtles
Lame duck demagogue with his adherents.
Lone duck reflecting
Lavender Orange
Down By The River
Hummingbird En Garde
The Rio Grande is down about four feet, exposing a carved-up beach.
A black and white bovine at sunset.
While I was checking the status of irrigation water under the peach tree, this hummingbird was en garde, buzzing me, hoovering in my face, and perching less than an arm’s length away to keep a close eye on me. I get this strange feeling there might be a nest in the peach tree.
When A Flycatcher Catches Flies
Venus, Mars, stars, and the Moon aligned last night from lower right to upper left.
The key to the night sky last night from LiveSky.com.
How many flies do flycatchers catch when flycatchers are catching flies? That is a good 17-syllable question. However, I couldn’t get a Timku out of the question as it is phrased. I made a couple of gifs and wrote and recorded a silly song to go with the gifs, and made a music video instead of a Timku.
This lizard ran up ahead of me and stopped in a sliver of shade and looked at me. When it saw its reflection in the Bazooka, it came back toward me to challenge the lizard in the lens. I had to back up because it got too close for me to focus. It did push-ups for the challenge.
Blue Grosbeak
Bunny in the bosque
New Mexico whiptail lizard
Sparrows
Bullfrog hanging in the current
Turtle
Turkey Vulture
A Change of Scene
Sunrise as seen from the same as it ever was scene.
Tristan’s funky chickens at the Solstice party. Chickens may be fowl, but they know how to party.
Drama in the southern sky.
Orange in the western sky.
Venus and the moon riding a black dragon.
Off Center & Not Even 