Morning sky at 5:30 am
Bugs
Wynonna
Swallow
Mama Owl napping. Daddy Owl on the lookout for dinner.
Mama Owl back at the nest as it’s getting dark. Looks like three little fuzzy heads in the nest.
Mama Owl flying off in search of food.
A wowlet looking at me while one of the other wowlets is stretching its wings.
Mama Owl was giving me a cross-eyed look. She had a little surprise for me.
I told Daddy Owl I made my 666-day streak in Duo Lingo. He looked rather devilish in my honor.
Top of a fuzzy head to ya! A little fuzzy head was popping up next to Mama Owl. Not long before we will see a fuzzy little face peeking over the edge of the nest.
Moon rising over waves of clouds this afternoon.
Moon on the 6th, 7th, 9th, 10th, 11th & 12th of April.
Venus, Mars, Saturn, and two stars were nicely aligned this morning. On the 25th at 5:30 am, Jupiter, Neptune, Venus, Mars, and Saturn will be lined up similar to this morning. However, It might be too light for me to see Mars and Saturn at 5:30 am on the 25th. I’ll see.
The moon was surfing a contrail this afternoon.
Buddy in a meeting this afternoon.
Wild clouds moved through.
Daddy Owl holding tight in the wind. Mama Owl’s ear tufts lit up.
Sunset with the moon
Converging contrails at sunset.
Clear morning with Venus, Mars, and Saturn
One Cormorant turned into three Cormorants turned into four.
Cormorants are silly birds
Daddy Owl keeping an eye on Mama Owl
Cloudy afternoon
A flicker stayed still long enough for me to photograph him.
Mama Owl peeking over the edge.
Daddy Owl preening and proud of it.
Peek-a-Daddy-Owl-Boo. What’s up, Daddy Owl?
Talons
Hanging on in the wind
Daddy Owl (Wowls as Shey’s grandson calls them) might be a little lonely with Mama Owl in her nest. I got home late again, went out at dusk, and Daddy Owl was sitting in a cottonwood looking at the levee. I tried to get his attention, but we gave me a side glance Like “Don’t bother me, Boy!” He flew down onto the lower bank of the levee. I thought he might have pounced on gopher, so was looking for him on the bank with the Bazooka through the tangle of twigs. While I was looking for him I heard a very loud and insistent hoot right in front of me. I looked up and he was perched on a branch above me with a look like “Are you looking for me? Well, here I am!” I moved around to see if he had a gopher, but as you can see in the first photo above, his talons are empty. He hooted at me, fluffed up, shook himself, then he took off and flew to another cottonwood in the cover of darkness.
Almost full
For the first evening that we are trying to save the daylight, which, by the way, is not endangered out here, the Painter went a little wild jamming with the clouds.
Venus and Mars showed up at 6:30 am, the time formerly known as 5:30 am.
Daddy Owl enjoying the colors
The forecast was for rain between 2:00 am and 5:00 am, clearing after sunrise with winds in the afternoon. They got the clearing after sunrise and winds right. We didn’t get a drop of rain that I could tell. On my way home at 4:15 pm, the dust made clouds that obscured the sun.
Off Center & Not Even 