Tag: cranes

NEWS ALERT!

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Mama Owl is in the nest! I’ve been checking every night since I photographed Mama and Daddy together on Friday evening to see if I could see Mama Owl in the nest. Last night I didn’t see her, but tonight I could see the top of her head. When I said, “Mama Owl, you are on the nest!” She popped her head up just enough to look over the edge at me and let her ear tuffs blow in the wind. The evening sky was celebrating mama owl with a display of beautiful colors after sundown.

Daddy Owl was deep in thought.

Free

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Icy wind picks up
Pulls leaf free from snowbound hold
Underfoot no more

Today’s wind was favorable for the leaf that was snowbound last night. The leaf was blown free of its icy hold, left lying peacefully off to the side of the trail no longer underfoot. Below is The Who’s “I’m Free” live in 1977 to celebrate the leaf’s luck of the draw.

A group of cranes all landing together.

Daddy owl eyeing me through a tangle of twigs.

This American Coot was foraging on the sandbar. Then it started to take flight and decided against it.

pTerodactyl trying to hide behind a tumbleweed.

Venus at dawn under clear skies.

After having cloud cover for most of the day, these were the last few clouds hanging around at sunset.

Kitty Print

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A kitty print. Which kitty remains a mystery.

Purple ice mimicking the pTerodactyl on the clearwater ditch.

pTerodactyl flying over the clearwater ditch

Sandias and cranes at dusk.

Purple Tangle Heart with crescent moon

Dusk

Dusk and crescent moon

Persistence of dusk with crescent moon

Crescent moon

Cold Color

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9ºF (-12.8ºC) at Dawn

Tommy Towhee puffed at 17ºF (-8.3ºC)

Crow and Clouds

Sunset at 17ºF (-8.3ºC) looking north on the levee

A bit of cold color through the trees looking west

Sliver moon at dusk

An interesting landing tonight and a crane with great balance.

Snow

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Laurie in the snow

We had our first snowstorm of the year. We have about four inches of snow so far and it’s down to 20ºF (-6.7ºC) as I write. It’s supposed to get into the single digits by morning.

Cindy’s Santa Cynthia tree. Shey’s Tree. Holly’s Tangle Heart Tree.

Christine’s Tree. Gabriela’s, Teagan’s, Gigi’s, and Susan’s Trees. Lavinia’s Tree with Rebecca’s Black Bamboo on the right.

Susan’s Tree. Tiffany’s Tree. Gigi’s Tree.

Resa’s Tree. Marina’s Incognito Pear Tree surrounded by Rebecca’s Black Bamboo. Dale’s Peachtree.

Resa’s tree in a flurry of snow.

Birds feeding on the seeds of the grasses we leave through the winter.

The cranes don’t look very happy in the snow.

pTerodactyl with ducks. Daddy Owl. Cranes in the Rio Grande in the snow.