The Lone Owlet at Dawn
Black Phoebe on a fire hydrant bollard at dawn
The river was down again this morning. Almost sunrise.
White-crowned Sparrow
Looking up a cottonwood that’s full of birds I could hear, but not see.
Sunrise and South Beach
Wilson’s Warbler
A pair of White-brested Nuthatch’s
Merlin says this is an Eastern Bluebird.
The Lone Owlet nd sunset
Sunset
Dusk
Hepatic Tanager at dusk
5:45 AM
Looked like Mama Owl had a squirrel she was feeding to The Lone Owlet
Turtles at Dawn
Ducks at Dawn
Dawn
Towers at Dawn
Mudback of Notre Pond
Curious coyote pup
Tired-looking coyote mom
Settling in to sleep after a good squirrel breakfast
Pre-sunset
Black Pheobe catching flies at sunset
The Lone Owlet at sunset
Nice pink at sunset
Ducks at dusk
Dusk
Can you find Jupiter and Venus?
Jupiter and four moons
Jupiter and Venus are easier to see in the above photo.
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.
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.
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.
The mystery bird perched above Mama Owl
Mama Owl
Owlet @ Dusk
Jupiter with two of its moons
Blue Grosbeak
Spunk’s charging
Glenda
Looking bored waiting for dinner
Daddy owl looking for dinner about 12 feet from us. Fortunately, we were too big to be dinner.
Mama Owl and Owlet in the morning light
Snowy Egret
Fly Catcher catching flies
Spunk saved us from an attack napkin
Spunk helping with Mother’s Day presents
Worn out Spunk from all his hard work helping with Mother’s Day
Goosey Dawn
Crow
Beavers have been taking care of business dragging willows to the river.
Coyote: “Is that Wynona taking care of beaver business I spy?”
Wynona taking care of beaver business
Wynona: “Take that stupid coyote and paparazzo!”
Handsome Coyote
Vato was hanging out on the fridge when I dropped by to pick up Jake
Spunk
Silver
No clouds dusk
Venus
Coyotes
Loki
Dawn
And then there’s Loki
Dusk
Off Center & Not Even 