Free

February 6, 2022February 6, 2022 Timothy Price50 Comments

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.

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.

Snow

February 2, 2022February 3, 2022 Timothy Price83 Comments

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.

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.

Daddy Owl Gives A Hoot

January 31, 2022March 12, 2023 Timothy Price53 Comments

Daddy Owl was giving a hoot answering Mama Owl.

In The Red

January 25, 2022 Timothy Price62 Comments

Birds @ Sunset

January 22, 2022 Timothy Price53 Comments

Same Old Stuff

January 20, 2022 Timothy Price63 Comments

Daddy Owl sits in the same old spot, basking in the yellow light of the low-hanging sun.

The Sandias turn the same old pink under clear blue skies.

The same old constant stream of crows flying from nowhere to somewhere at dusk.

The same old flying V head into the sunset.

The same old sunset colors surround the trees.

Same old Jupiter peeking through the trees in the southern sky.

I took the same old walk. Got the same old photos. The same old stuff.

Crane Ballet

January 10, 2022 Timothy Price38 Comments

What do you think of my changement battu?

Daddy Owl at sunset

Mama Owl after sunset

Geese flying into the sunset

Peekaboo!

January 6, 2022 Timothy Price44 Comments

Daddy Owl

Multiple flights

Daddy Owl

Crow highway. Crow highway with cranes. Volcano at dusk.

Crow highway and cranes on the Rio Grande.

Cranes On The Water, Fire Rainbows In The Sky

December 29, 2021 Timothy Price91 Comments

The cranes were flying in and landing on the Rio Grande in bunches. Click on photos to enlarge them.

These are not technically Fire Rainbows (very rare) because we are below 55º north latitude, and the sun was much lower than 58º above the horizon as the sun was setting. However, the clouds were cirrus, and they obviously had ice crystals acting like prisms refracting sunlight and creating a firey rainbow effect. They are probably run-of-the-mill rainbow clouds.