Grounded

May 19, 2026 Timothy Price49 Comments

The smaller owl was out of the tree on the ditchbank when Jake and I went on our early morning walk. Three coyotes were eyeing the owlet. I chased off the coyotes, ran home with Jake, grabbed a box, ran back, put the owl in the box, took it home, put it in the library, covered it and shut the door so the cats wouldn’t bother it. Luckily, Daddy Owl did not attack me, and Mama Owl was nowhere to be seen. I took the owlet to Animal Rescue in Albuquerque.

Daddy Owl watching th grounded owlet.

Owlet in the box

Sunrise

Lesser Goldfinch

The three coyotes were playing on the ditch bank across the ditch from the owlet’s tree when Jake and I resumed our walk.

Sunset

The lone owlet

Venus made a brief appearance through the clouds.

Jupiter and the crescent moon.

Another Skedaddle Paddle

May 18, 2026May 19, 2026 Timothy Price24 Comments

Dawn

“Oh! No! Il Paparazo and his big bazooka, again!

Snowy Egret flyby

Spotted Sandpiper

Doing the Sandpiper Boogie

A mama goose with four goslings

Practicing gosling ballet

“What do you mean, say I look like a dork!”

“Not only do you look like a dork! You look like a dorky duck!”

“Well! I never! Come on, Donald, we don’t have to listen to this lowly teenager insult us!”

“That’s obvious, given they have no ducklings!”

Spotted Tohee

Yellow-breasted Chat

Both owlets are hanging around outside the nest. One low. One high.

Morning bunny

Black Phoebe

Sunset

Black-crowned Night Heron

Venus and the Sliver Moon

Jupiter and four moons

Iceberg @ Dawn

May 14, 2026May 14, 2026 Timothy Price40 Comments

No much left of this iceberg floating down the Rio Grande at dawn.

Female Blue Grosbeak

Yertle the Turtle hanging out in a mud puddle in the almost-dry, clearwater ditch.

Owlet @ Dawn

What looks like either a flycatcher or western bluebird hanging out above Mama Owl. I think it figured it’s less likely to become dinner above Mama than below Mama.