Gray Dawn
Gray morning
Cranes fly over under skies
Daddy Owl hanging at dusk on the nest I hung on Susan’s Tree.
Daddy Owl loves the pedestal of bark I built onto the nest. It’s a good perch to hoot on.
Gray sunset
Gray Day
Tag: Owls
Night Rider
Dawn. Venus was still bright.
Reminiscent of nights gone by
Once again, riding in the dark
Eyes shine ahead
Coyotes and cows are split
By a sharp beam of light
Scamper into darkness
Only owls break the silence
As cold air rolls off the mountains
Splashing over the levee
Drenched in frigid air
Consumed by darkness
Sagebrush, cottonwood, and Jupiter rising.
Cottonwoods reach down and grab at you in the dark.
Light from a creature or spirit up ahead.
Dusk with lots of colorful particulate in the air.
S L S
Pre-dawn. Venus is to the right of Resa’s Tree.
A baby Bullsnake on Snakey Lick Sunday
Pre-dawn. The moon and Jupiter among whipped cream clouds.
Colorful Dawn
Who you callin’ silly?
A Box Turtle I moved off the road.
Daddy Owl
Sunset
MLPs On The Great Wall Of Chiles
Dawn
Crescent Moon and shooting cloud
My Little Ponies visited the Great Wall of Chiles.
Setting sun
When I rode up to the gate a few minutes after sunset, Daddy Owl dropped in to say Hi!
Got Their Backs
Owlets will be flying soon.
Branching
The owlets are venturing out of the nest.
Like A Virgin In The Night
Tulip shines in white
Like a virgin in the night
She blooms and she waits
Apple orchard in bloom
Puddle ducks in the ditch
Flying saucer or cloud?
Owlets looking at Laurie and me.
Morning scene after I started the irrigation water and had all the ditches cleaned out.
Happy Tulip got a good soaking from the irrigation water.
Fat and fluffy Dove
Once In A Lifetime
Once in a lifetime
Pulled over for the photo
Owls cute as always
Osric Owl’s outlook
Nora Owl and the youngest owlet.
Nora Owl looking at the sunset. The owlets looking at the pesky paparazzo.
The sunset Nora Owl was looking at.
Easter Sunday Surprise
Happy Easter! Glenda showed her respect by lying down with the bunny and the lamb.
Osric is a wily old owl. He misled me on where I suspected Nora Owl and the owlets might be. Last night I walked down to see Osric after sundown.
After a good been of negotiation between us, Osric flew over to a tree on the other side of the tree where I thought Nora and the Owlets might be.
Nora came out of a tree closer to the ditch bank, and an owlet popped its little head up. I was so close to them, I couldn’t get Nora into the frame using the Bazooka.
Nora took off before I could change cameras, and the owlet looked up as Mama silently flew away.
Two little owlets stared at me from the nest. Happy Easter Owls!
We Have Contact
Osric Owl
Owlku
We have made contact
Major Tim to Osric Owl
Where might Nora be?
Osric Owl preening and stretching while keeping an eye on the tree Nora Owl is in.
Osric Owl and Nora Owl were in a tree about a mile north of us. Two large limbs broke off of their tree ruining their nest in 2021. I saw them with their owlets last year in a bosque between a horse and the llama farm about 1/4 mile north of us. I found Osric owl in a tree above a horse stall on the llama farm tonight. By observing the trees in his line of sight and watching him closely to see where he looked for an answer after he hooted, I think I spotted the broken tree where I think Nora Owl is sitting on her eggs. The tree is in the middle of the horse coral at the llama farm.
I think Nora Owl is nesting in the broken tree in the middle of the coral.
It couldn’t get a shot of the full opening in the broken tree, but this photo shows part of the opening.
I got back home to a fiery sunset.
Off Center & Not Even 