The Twelfth Day of Bosque Christmas

January 5, 2020 Timothy Price23 Comments

Tomorrow is Epiphany, the 12th day of Christmas. I wrote a version of the Twelve Days of Christmas using the bosque animals that starts with the 12th day of bosque Christmas. Special guest Suzette Presti was gracious enough to do the vocals. Enjoy.

The Twelfth Day of Bosque Christmas
Lyrics by Timothy Price
Vocals: Suzette Presti
Arrangement: Timothy Price
Guitar, bass, percussion: Timothy Price

On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me
Twelve coyotes crooning
Eleven flickers flitting
Ten finches feeding
Nine seagulls sailing
Eight badgers burrowing
Seven cats a purring
Six crows a cawing
Five beaver slaps
Four geese honking
Three cranes in flight
Two owls to hoot and
A pterodactyl in the Tangle-Heart Tree.

Birds of the Day

January 3, 2020 Timothy Price23 Comments

0A6A7921 — Half moon, Canadian Geese, Sandhill Cranes, Seagull, Great Blue Heron, Crow

Birds that flew overhead when I walked out to the river and back this afternoon.

Cold & Cranes

December 29, 2019 Timothy Price36 Comments

The temperature never rose above freezing today. I walked out to Beaver Point right before sunset, and a group of cranes were hanging out in the Rio Grande, wading around fluffed up to keep warm. There was a lone Canadian goose hanging with the cranes, and a duck floated by and then took off.

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Touches of Gray

December 14, 2019 Timothy Price38 Comments

Sunset & Hawk

December 1, 2019 Timothy Price33 Comments

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Below is a Red-Tailed Hawk that was in an apple tree in Wagner’s orchard nextdoor. The first two photos were taken this morning, and remaining photos where taken this evening after sunset. The mud had dried a little in the evening, so I walked across the field to get closer photos. The hawk flew which allowed me to get backlit photos of it flying.

0A6A7459 — Sandhill Cranes missiling over the orchard on their way to the river.

0A6A7492 — Resa’s tree from the ditch bank.

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DSCF5065 — Robin’s Tree from the backside.

Anything On The Tele?

November 30, 2019November 30, 2019 Timothy Price52 Comments

DSCF5001 — Holly’s Tangle-Heart Tree with a sliver moon.

DSCF3629 — It looks like there’s a crane on the Tele!

Incoming

November 26, 2019 Timothy Price23 Comments

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Sunset on the Sandias and Sandhill Cranes coming in for landing. Most of the group of cranes decided not to land and flew further south, or made another round before landing.

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Cracked Moon & Tangle-Heart Tree

November 3, 2019 Timothy Price34 Comments

0A6A6074 — If you ever wondered about what’s inside the moon.

0A6A6112 — Moon framed by the Tangle-Heart Tree as a pterodactyl flies by.

wider view of the moon in the Tangle-Heart Tree.

Flying V

October 31, 2019October 31, 2019 Timothy Price15 Comments

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The Sandhill Cranes are flying over in larger flocks each flock of fluing V’s. The often circle over the area to gain altitude or regroup before continuing south.