Cranes Grazing

December 5, 2020December 5, 2020 Timothy Price39 Comments

Cranes in the Key of C

November 28, 2020 Timothy Price56 Comments

On October 28, 2020, I posted One, Three, Four with five photos of Sandhill Cranes. Marina Kanavaki at Marina Kanavaki dot com commented: “One, three, four, three, three… that would make a very interesting beat!” I replied “¡Sí! C Em F Em Em as in C EmEmEm FFFF EmEmEm EmEmEm repeat.” I wrote lyrics and played the 1, 3, 4, 3, 3 chord progression on the guitar and recorded Cranes in the Key of C. I put the song together with footage of cranes flying above me, in a field, and over the Rio Grande.

The Spat

November 23, 2020November 23, 2020 Timothy Price43 Comments

Cranes having a spat on the Rio Grande.

A group of cranes flew into the shallows on the Rio Grande this evening and decided to have a spat over something. They are doing a nice crane dance as part of the spat in the GIF below.

The duck walks out of the middle of the spat.

Sunrise, Cranes, Sunset

November 22, 2020 Timothy Price51 Comments

One, Three, Four

October 28, 2020 Timothy Price35 Comments

Stealth Crane

Cranes flying over the bosque along the Rio Grande.

October Owls

October 13, 2020 Timothy Price50 Comments

Daddy Owl was in the bosque.

The owls were out hooting back and forth to each other at twilight.

He flew onto the trunk of a cottonwood before flying over to cottonwoods by the clearwater ditch

Mama Owl was on the tip-top of Mia’s Tree.

Getting a good hoot in. I pushed this photo 2 stops to get a little bit of detail.

Otherwise, Mama Owl was a silhouette.

Cranes and Canadian Geese flew by Mama Owl on their way to roost.

Ca Ca Ca Cranes

October 8, 2020 Timothy Price44 Comments

The Sandhill Cranes are flying in for the winter. We are seeing large echelons of cranes flying along the Rio Grande. It seems like they are arriving early this year. Since the Balloon Feasta was canceled, it’s nice to see the cranes flying overhead.

Cranes coming into roost on the river well after sundown.

Cranes through the Tangle Heart Tree.

Firsts, Cats, Close to Lasts

March 7, 2020March 7, 2020 Timothy Price22 Comments

010O0047 — Mama owl sitting on her eggs.

010O0051 — We should start seeing owlets in a couple of months.

010O0053 — The not quite full moon had an interesting color just before sunset.

Cottonwood in the bosque basking in the late afternoon sun.

010O0015 — Maybe the last of the cranes.

Cranes’ Law

February 16, 2020February 16, 2020 Timothy Price37 Comments

Cranes’ Law: Cranes will double in number every few minutes from 2 to 4 to 8 and then there will be a crowd of cranes in the shallows.

If you take a left past Holly’s Tangle-Heart Tree, followed by a few hops, a dozen skips and a great big jump, you will be on the west bank of Rio Grande where, especially at sunset, you will see a magical view of the Sandias with the river flowing by in the foreground. In the shallows of the river, this time of year, you will see Sandhill Cranes. There were two cranes in the shallows when made the final jump as the sun slipped behind the horizon. I photographed cranes circling and landing south of me, and the last of the red blaze on the Sandias. I turned to look at what the two carnes were doing and there were four cranes. A few minutes later more cranes flew in, then more flew in until there was a crowd of cranes in standing in front of me in the shallows of the river.