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08 Sep

More of Wile E. Roadrunner

Just waiting for its next meal. . .

23 Aug

Female Black-Chinned Hummer


18 Aug

Wile E. Roadrunner

What, you ask, is the Greater Roadrunner, the State Bird of New Mexico, doing sitting on a fence?
It is hanging out, waiting for what it hopes will be its next meal to come to a bird feeder! I was unaware that roadrunners ate other birds until a couple of weeks ago. A roadrunner [...]

09 Aug

The Little Scrub Jay Continues to Grow


09 Aug

Broad-Tailed Hummingbird

August is the best time of the year for hummingbirds in the Albuquerque region.
The wonderful little black-chinned hummers come in the spring, and are the last to leave in the fall.
But in August, we can also expect the rufous hummers and broad-tailed hummers to pass through on their migrations south for the winter. Both [...]

01 Aug

Update on the Fledgling Scrub Jay

This “little” guy has really grown! He’s not quite an adult, and he still has a few downy baby feathers, but the transformation in such a short period of time is amazing!

27 Jul

Fledgling Scrub Jays Grow Really Rapidly!

Last week I posted a photo of a young fledgling Western Scrub jay here. That photo was taken 6 days ago.
Now, the bird is still a fledgling, and is still awkward, and is still getting its adult feathers. But it has learned about peanuts, and just goes straight for them when they are [...]

27 Jul

The White Wing Dove

This dove was quite content this morning.

26 Jul

This Is Why Gardeners Garden!

The reward for the time and effort spent gardening? It is the simple joy of spending a morning like this enjoying the beauty of the flowers and the birds and the clouds and the sounds!
The rose in the foreground in ‘Cesar E. Chavez,’ a hybrid tea.
The two larger birds are house finches.
The cute little [...]

26 Jul

The Greater Roadrunner

This guy (girl?) is the State Bird of New Mexico. At least one family lives in my neighborhood, and they walk on the block walls, eat lizards in the woodpile, make very interesting sounds, and just entertain in general.
This one was sitting outside my bedroom window this morning, but I could not get a [...]

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