Grounded

May 19, 2026 Timothy Price24 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 Price15 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

Got Her Ducklings In A Row

May 17, 2026 Timothy Price25 Comments

Sunrise

White-brested Nuthatch

Bushtit

Northern Rough-winged Swallows

Killdeer in the corner

“Make a skedaddle paddle for the bank boys, there a paparazzo pointing a bazooka at us!”

Maybe the paparazo is not as much of a threat as they thought.

Mama duck got her ducklings in a row.

Spunk: “Whoa! Look at that sunset extravaganza!”

Summer Tanager In Spring

May 16, 2026 Timothy Price29 Comments

We were not able to go on a walk until sunset

Wynona stopped by to say hi

Can you find Wynona in the above photo?

Who do you think hold its beak under water the longest? Looks like the far duck won.

Goose family

Can you find Daddy Owl in the above photo?

While I was photographing Daddy Owl, I heard a chirping close by, and there was a Summer Tanager perched right in front of me. I could barely see him in the darkness.

The clearest shot I could get of the owlet in the darkness. I could not find were the out-of-nest owlet was tonight.

Peony

Sasha looking cute in the catio

Doppel standing on the translucent roof in the catio

Gwendolyn

Silver in a state of cator mortis

Mother Goose

May 15, 2026May 16, 2026 Timothy Price33 Comments

One of the owlets is hanging out outside of the nest

Other owlet is staying in the nest

Mama Owl

One turtle

Another turtle

Two turtles in the mud puddle

Western Tanager

pTerodactyl

Mourning Dove

Mother Goose and her goslings

Father Goose

Lark Sparrow

Chirp, chirp-chrip, chirp-chirp-chirp
Chirp-chrip, chirp-chirp-chirp, chrip-chirp

Sing us a song you’re a Towhee bird
Sing us a song today
We’re all in the mood for a melody
And you have us feeling okay

Crazy Bushtit

Blue Grosbeak love or Not!

Yellow-breasted Chat

Jetty sculpture garden in the Rio Grande

Bullfrog

Female Hepatic Tanager

Owlete after sunrise

Out-of-nest owlet snoozing on the tree trunk

Blue Grosbeak

Out-of-nest owlet snoozing on a large branch at sunset

Turtles have their heads barely out of the water, holding their mouths open, waiting for a meal to come close enough to snatch.

Iceberg @ Dawn

May 14, 2026May 14, 2026 Timothy Price35 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.