Woody and the Power Poles

March 18, 2020 Timothy Price26 Comments

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Woody, the Downy Woodpecker, was making a lot of noise hammering away on a power pole.

010O0246 — Hammering in the shadowy side of the power pole.

010O0252 — Out of the shadows with an insulator blocking the view.

010O0279 — Watching the sunset from a different power pole.

Cranes’ Law

February 16, 2020February 16, 2020 Timothy Price37 Comments

Cranes’ Law: Cranes will double in number every few minutes from 2 to 4 to 8 and then there will be a crowd of cranes in the shallows.

If you take a left past Holly’s Tangle-Heart Tree, followed by a few hops, a dozen skips and a great big jump, you will be on the west bank of Rio Grande where, especially at sunset, you will see a magical view of the Sandias with the river flowing by in the foreground. In the shallows of the river, this time of year, you will see Sandhill Cranes. There were two cranes in the shallows when made the final jump as the sun slipped behind the horizon. I photographed cranes circling and landing south of me, and the last of the red blaze on the Sandias. I turned to look at what the two carnes were doing and there were four cranes. A few minutes later more cranes flew in, then more flew in until there was a crowd of cranes in standing in front of me in the shallows of the river.

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Six, Seven

Twelve

As many as 28.

Sparing match.

010O9634 — Did you see that silly goose?

In the Pink of Night

February 8, 2020 Timothy Price49 Comments

Moon shots

Pterodactyl

Owls

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Trees in the Snow

January 16, 2020 Timothy Price61 Comments

Snow has fallen most of the day. After I got home, I went out and photographed the trees on our property that have been claimed.

DSCF5189 — Tiffany’s Tree? I don’t remember if Tiffany claimed this tree or not.

DSCF5193 — Resa’s Tree from a different point of view

DSCF5194 — Susan’s Tree from a different point of view

DSCF5201 — Lyn’s Tree with Resa’s Tree in the back ground

DSCF5202 — Black bamboo bowing low in the snow

Two Owls, A Pterodactyl in the Tangle-Heart Tree

January 4, 2020 Timothy Price24 Comments

0A6A8003 — Pterodactyl (Great Blue Heron) perched on the Tangle-Heart Tree.

While I was out in the bosque at sunset, I saw two owls in a cottonwood, and a pterodactyl (Great Blue Heron) in the Tangle-Heart Tree. I also photographed cranes against a colored sky, and two ducks in the dark.

0A6A8005 — Great Horned Owl in a cottonwood.

0A6A8009 — Pterodactyl flying, framed by the end of the Tangle-Heart tree.

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0A6A8016 — Great Horned Owl on a branch above the first owl.

0A6A8037 — Male Mallard. Mr. Duck in the dark.

0A6A8039 — Female Mallard. Mrs. Duck in the dark.

Cold & Cranes

December 29, 2019 Timothy Price36 Comments

The temperature never rose above freezing today. I walked out to Beaver Point right before sunset, and a group of cranes were hanging out in the Rio Grande, wading around fluffed up to keep warm. There was a lone Canadian goose hanging with the cranes, and a duck floated by and then took off.

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Touches of Gray

December 14, 2019 Timothy Price38 Comments

Anything On The Tele?

November 30, 2019November 30, 2019 Timothy Price52 Comments

DSCF5001 — Holly’s Tangle-Heart Tree with a sliver moon.

DSCF3629 — It looks like there’s a crane on the Tele!

Jonathan Livingston

November 14, 2019 Timothy Price8 Comments

Douglas of Moorezart blog came by the hotel and we had a very nice visit. Douglas had one of the quesadillas we brought with us. Douglas lived in the Albuquerque area some years ago, and hadn’t had local fare in a long time. A seagull joined us just as Douglas was leaving and asked to try some quesadilla. I named him Jonathan Livingston. He was a very obedient seagull, and he flew over a few feet away when I asked him to so I could put a piece of quesadilla on the rail (I don’t trust large, wild birds to get really close to them). Then he would walk back along the rail and grab the morsel with his beak, knocking the pieces on the ground a couple of times. Since he has webbed feet, he couldn’t pick up the morsels with his feet and hold it in his claws while he ate it like parrots do.

Since we’ve been in presentations most of the day, and are tied up with happenings until well after 10:00 pm tonight, I haven’t been out to do photos, but I did get the video of Jonathan Livingston.