

Dawn from the office


Two Beavers




Two Little Owls. The second owlet finally peeked out at us. Walter Owl is on the left in the photo on the right.


Nora Owl


Moon


Western Bluebird watching the sunset.


Wood Ducks



Sunset

Red sky at morning. High wind warning
That saying is true for today. We still have high winds, as I type.




The irrigation ditch is dry.
A funny thing happened on the way to the blogosphere. Brad and I were discussing birds wishing paparazzi get struck by lightning. I noticed that all the irrigation ditches have had no water in them in the past few days, even though the river is running higher. The birds’ wishes missed the paparazzi and zapped the irrigation pumps instead. I got a text from the Mayorodomo that the irrigation pumps were down due to being struck by lightning.

Doesn’t take long to get dry, cracked earth in a dry and windy environment.

Nora Owl was secure in her nest, but we did not see Orsic Owl this afternoon.

Rough water on the Rio Grande

Puddle ducks blown up against the bank by the high winds.

Wind making waves on the water.

T=Towers

Dual dragons driving their way through the wind.

Dusty pink at sunset

Dusk

Contrail Cross
Some of you might remember that three years ago to the day, I posted Wood Dack Daze with a music video. Today, I give you Wood Ducks without a music video (I feel sighs of relief).






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Ducks at dusk


The Big Dipper are 9:30 PM and 6:00 AM


Orian and company at 9:30 PM and stars at 6:00 AM

Bridge and clouds taken on my ride this evening.

A little color at sunset

Moonrise and Venus

Sliver Moon between the lines









Wile E. Coyote has a hangdog look in the first photo when he was on the ditch by our gate. He crossed the Clearwater ditch, ran up onto the top of the levee near where I was, and looked a little less hangdog.



Ducks in the ditch



Cranes in the Rio Grande

Contrails

Sunset

Black lace cottonwoods

Night sky