Pheasant fandango
I just got back from taking Emma on a walk on the ditch that leads along the eastern side of the RGNC wildfowl preserve. It was a beautiful Spring midday, mostly clear; the sun was hot and the breeze...
View ArticleHummingbird Shadows and a Confused Seagull
Aren’t hummingbird shadows on the ground a hoot? At first you think they come from something just floating in the air, like the cottonwood cotton that’s starting to drift like snow in the Valley now...
View ArticleParrots? Parrots?
Via Cryptomundo, we learn that a DNA survey by the Chicago Field Museum reveals that “falcons are more closely related to parrots than to other hunters such as hawks and eagles.” Allegedly. Say what? I...
View ArticleThe parliament of the birds
Not the Sufi classic of that name, nor yet the Chaucerian tale, but my own backyard. See what I mean? Not only can you find adventure in your own backyard, but enlightenment too. Such a deal! So around...
View ArticleIn which the cranes awaken me
This morning I slept later than I originally intended to because, hey, I felt as if I needed the extra sleep. And I was jolted awake by what I believed to be the cry of a flying crane or Canada goose....
View ArticleVignette, with cranes
So today Emma and I got an early start for a walk on Bear’s Ditch – before noon! Yay! It’s a beautiful autumn day. The trees have mostly turned gold. The grass in the RGNC field, which a giant noisy...
View ArticlePheasant vs. Cranes!
Sounds like an HK martial arts flick, doesn’t it? Except, while there are real crane styles, what would pheasant gongfu look like? You strut about obnoxiously, inviting everyone to admire how beautiful...
View ArticleCrane jail break!
Happy Three Kings Day! Hope you had a good one. When Emma Dog and I arrived at the Rio Grande Nature Center wildfowl preserve – which is now referred to, it seems, as “Candelaria Farms“ – we found...
View ArticleHummingbirds know no fear
So this evening a little before 7 I was walking Emma Dog back south along the ditch east of the Rio Grande Nature Center field. Sitting in splendid isolation on a limb maybe 25 feet up I saw a Cooper’s...
View ArticleDinosaurs in the Nature Center, Oh, My!
And by “dinosaurs,” I mean, “geese and cranes.” All right, Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my close-up.(Click the image! Click it!) Have I mentioned how cool I think it is that birds are now considered to...
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