Moon and Jupiter over Shey’s tree.
Daddy Owl on the edge of the nest at sunset.
Cranes flying in to roost for the night.
Christine’s Tree
Duck
Canadian Geese landed so close I barely fit them in the frame.
Moon and Jupiter over Black Lace Trees
pTerodactyl flying under an overcast sky at dusk
Venus @ Dawn
Clouds and Contrails @ Sunset
Sunset
Moon in the Tangle Heart
Sandias & Cranes @ Sunset
Moon in the Tangle Heart Tree
Moon in black lace trees
Dawn
There are a lot of photos in this post, starting with the light changes throughout the day and ending with the Sandhill cranes preparing for landing and landing. Don’t forget to click on the galleries to see the photos enlarged and in a slideshow.
Middle of the day
Bald Eagle with my iPhone
Dramatic Light
Color changes on the Sandias at sunset.
I got a quick snap of the crescent moon before the clouds swallowed her.
I was hoping for a shot of the crescent moon in the Tangle Heart Tree, but the clouds had swallowed the moon.
More drama near darkness.
Black lace trees in the yellow afterglow at dusk.
Cranes preparing to land under a fiery sky.
Intermission
Moonrise and Venus
Sliver Moon between the lines
Wile E. Coyote has a hangdog look in the first photo when he was on the ditch by our gate. He crossed the Clearwater ditch, ran up onto the top of the levee near where I was, and looked a little less hangdog.
Ducks in the ditch
Cranes in the Rio Grande
Contrails
Sunset
Black lace cottonwoods
Night sky
Wile E. Coyote
In coming
Red-winged Black Birds
Finches feeding
pTerodactyl (GBH)
Dawn
Mama Owl
Dusk
Contrails spread turn into clouds
Host sun devils, then turn to gold
No matter which way you look
Cloud-like Vs cross the sky
The occasional X makes the scene
Loki: “Il Paparazzo sta per morire!”
Spunk: “Boy, I say boy, pay close attention to me ’cause you’re a burrito short of a combination plate.”†
Loki: “You’re bothering me, boy!”
Spunk: “Wait ’till you turn off the light, Paparazzo!”
Meet the new snake. Same as the old snake.††
Nice reflection this afternoon.
Cottonwoods in the bosque turned red at sunset.
Sunset looking north from the top of the levee.
†Foghorg Leghorn quote.
††Juvenile Bullsnake: I moved him from the top of the levee so he wouldn’t get run over by the cyclists who were behind me.
Squiggly Contrail
Daddy Owl: “You again? Stupid Paparazzo!”
Daddy Owl
Sandhill Cranes @ Southbeach
Shey’s Cottonwood is in the foreground.
Tange Heart Tree
Sandias @ sunset. The Rio Grande is up a bit.
Off Center & Not Even 