Notre Pond has turned into a Norte Piddle that looks like a unicorn knight with a fox tail.
Snowy Egret
Sunrise
We were being followed by a coyote again.
Glenda
Dopple hanging out under the landing while I worked on the ramp.
The ramp is basically finished.
Dusk
Blue moon making the sky yellow before peeking over the Sandias.
Jupiter and Venus were nicely aligned.
Blue Moon rising
Looked a little more blues soomed in, through the trees
Dawn
Update on the orphan owlet from the raptor rehabilitor:
“The owlet is eating like a pig and doing well. He’s spending days outside in the GHOW enclosure with foster dad GHOW Royal to ensure he knows he’s a GHOW, and enjoy fresh air and nature sounds. For now, when he’s in the outdoor enclosure in the daytime, he’s in a large sheltered nestbox with wooden slats so he can see and hear Royal but will stay secure in the nestbox while he’s still smaller. I’m bringing him in at night because it’s still a bit cool overnight here and he doesn’t have siblings to snuggle with for warmth. Eventually he’ll be staying in the outdoor enclosure with Royal 24/7 and he’ll have room to learn/ practice flying.”
If you would like to donate to Wildlife Rescue, Inc. in New Mexico to help the orphaned owlet and other rescued wildlife, go to https://wildliferescuenm.org/donate-give/.
Mama Owl waiting for Daddy Owl to bring breakfast.
House Finches in silhouette
House Finches
The Mudback of Notre Pond holding his head up
Another turtle checking things out
Still Dawn
Ducks in the mist
Tracks on the beach. The trail is from a beaver’s tail dragging in the sand.
Sunrise
Mudback of Notre Pond changed position after sunrise
Blue Grosbeak
The Lone Owlet looking east after sunrise
Laurie caught El Vato Kitty sitting with the silver-haired Sasquatch
Sunset
The Lone Owlet at dusk
The moon, Jupiter and Venus were line up nicely tonight.
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.
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!”
Coyotes
Loki
Dawn
Before sunrise
Lonely Hearts
Sunrise
Our guard hummingbird is back
Sunset
Sasha
Dusk
Loki
Albuquerque Airport: Passengers walk out of the secure area on their way to the baggage claim.
Crescent moon at midnight after being in airports and on airplanes for 20 hours.
Sunrise
Yucca at sunrise
Sasha helping unpack
Spunk helping unpack
Spunk taking a nap with me this afternoon
“You’re supposed to be napping, not snapping!”
Blooming
Sunset
Loki
Dawn
Sunrise
Neighbor chickens
Atlas Kitty enjoying the morning sun
The trees are greening
Built in 1894
Easy Rider in Bruchmühlbach
Lavender Gist
Sunset
Dawn
Sunrise
A Peacock Butterfly with a piece of its wing missing
I didn’t do it! I swear! I didn’t bite the peacock butterfly.
Eurasian Blackbird
Squirrel Nutkin again
European Robin
European Robin in silhouette
Gray Heron overhead
Atlas: “Why don’t you ever bring any of those birdies home for me, Paparazzo?”
Goldcrest
Freyja: “What about me?”
Illusive Eurasian Jay
Tree over the trail
Sunset
Bedtime
Dawn
Sunrise
She will have to explain this character in a comment. She told me about him, but I’m sure I would mix it all up.
I spent a delightful last day in Dundee walking around with Shey and John. We visited St Paul’s Cathedral, a museum, and the V&A. Then I stayed in the V&A until it was time to catch the bus to Edinburgh.
St. Paul’s Cathedral
The musem had excellent history of Dundee and Scotland.
This is an old movie theater turned into a performing arts space. John said the Lone Ranger visited the theater when he was five.
Precarious tagging
The gull on the streetlight was eyeing the man’s food.
Then we walked around in the old graveyard. The oldest headstones are from the late 1700s.
A lot of the graves had fascinating stone engravings.
The V&A us a wonderful place to hang out.
The have great exhibits
I was sitting in front of a window that leans out over the water.
On my walk to the bus stop
Caught a bus to the airport in Edinburgh
Spitfire outside the Airport Hilton in Edinburgh
Sunset
Dusk
Off Center & Not Even 