08 Sep
More of Wile E. Roadrunner
Just waiting for its next meal. . .
Archive for the 'Birds' Category
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
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 [...]
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 [...]
