Snowy Egret at Dawn
Wood Duck
This might be a Yellow-breasted Chat
Coyotes on the run
Mama owl and owlet sleeping and sunrise
Guard Hummingbird and sunset
One owlet at sunset
Wynona Beaver hanging out with us at sunset
Can you find Wynona in the above photo?
Can you find six coyotes in the above photo?
Owlets at dusk
Hummingbird at dusk
Mama Owl and Owlet in the morning light
Snowy Egret
Fly Catcher catching flies
Spunk saved us from an attack napkin
Spunk helping with Mother’s Day presents
Worn out Spunk from all his hard work helping with Mother’s Day
Dawn
Spunk Art at 4:00 am
Spunk Art at 6:00 am
Big Bend
Spunk Art at 8:00 am
Sunset
Dusk
Mama Owl at dusk
Can you find Mama Owl in the trees?
Cranes stretching at dawn
Silver, Marble, Spunk
Sunset
Dusk
Queued up for a spat
Hoppin’ mad
The V-shaped branch makes it look like Mama Owl has a new featherdo.
A little snow on the Crest
Dusk
Dawn
Mama Owl
Dusk
After totally clear skies all day yesterday, a few clouds gathered at dusk for the painter to paint.
Peter with a moon halo last night.
I walked outside to photograph the moon and got clouds covering the moon. Maybe it will clear up later so I can get the moon.
The owlets were banking on the top of the levee and down on the bank along the clearwater ditch last night. Paul flew up into a tree on the other side of the Clearwater ditch and Mama Owl brought him something to eat and then flew off to go back to Wowlmart as quickly as she flew in. When it was almost dark Mama Owl came back with either a bat or a mouse. She perched close to me just long enough for me to get a photo of her, then she took off at warp speed.
Clear and hot today. 103ºF (39.4ºC), not a cloud in the sky.
Peter, Paul, and Mary together at dusk.
Like typical teenagers, PP&M are easily distracted. It took a lot of effort to get all three to look at the camera.
Paul seems to be acting like he’s feeding Mary while Peter looks at other things.
All three in a tangle of branches. Paul moved down to a lower branch, and Peter flew over to the other side of the Tangle Heart Tree.
Daddy Owl showed up with a snake, perched on a branch below Peter, and started doing his “I’m back from Wowlmart, honey!” hoot for Mama Owl to come and take the snake. While he was waiting for form Mama, he was messing with the snake that started out wrapped around Daddy Owl’s leg.
Mama Owl landed on the Tangle Heart Tree with something in her beak. Daddy Owl flew over to the Tangle Heart Tree and land with the snake dangling from his beak. Before Mama Owl could hop up to where Daddy Owl was and make the exchange, Peter flew over to Daddy Owl to get the snake.
A lot of flapping of wings and gnashing of beaks took place before Peter secured the snake in his beak.
Mama Owl started up toward Peter, and Daddy flew back to Wowlmart. Mama seemed like she was trying to get Peter to take her morsel, but Peter was saying “But Mama! Can’t you see I have a snake?” Mama finally flew off and left Peter to eat his snake.
Mama flew over to a tree she often perches on by our gate to the ditch and watched the lingering colors fade away.
Sunset colors and the moon in the Tangle Heart Tree last night.
The moon at 84.8%
My friendly computer screens
For my just-in-time delivery of today’s photos, I have a new office dog, flowers, roses, and the half-moon.
Baby
Spunk behind Petunias, Pillow Fight, and Iceberg
Rio Samba, Mermaid, and Altissimo
Iceberg
Mary and Paul. Mama Owl after she delivered a mouse to Peter.
Mama Owl flew back and forth with food for the owlets three times while we were out with them last night. It was dusk, and she was giving the owlets their meals behind a mess of leaves, so I couldn’t get the exchanges of food, but Peter was proud of his mouse and acted like he had a mouse cigar in his beak for quite a while before he finally ate it.
Sunset last night
Halfmoon at 54.8%
Off Center & Not Even 