Punk mourning dove. All it needs is a tattoo.
Monday, October 4, 2010
Friday, October 1, 2010
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
It's Dangerous Out There ...
Great.
So in addition to the 100+ °F temps, tarantulas, scorpions, gila monsters, rattle snakes, and mountain lions, I gotta worry about killer bees now.
Not the sign you want to see as you begin the hike up the mountain.
Especially when the ranger tells you the only defense is to run away. You ever try to run down a mountain path? Be sure to avoid the cacti!
(And the bees don't need to trouble with the switchbacks.)
It was fun!
Great.
So in addition to the 100+ °F temps, tarantulas, scorpions, gila monsters, rattle snakes, and mountain lions, I gotta worry about killer bees now.
Not the sign you want to see as you begin the hike up the mountain.
Especially when the ranger tells you the only defense is to run away. You ever try to run down a mountain path? Be sure to avoid the cacti!
(And the bees don't need to trouble with the switchbacks.)
It was fun!
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Bird ID Help
Readers of this blog know that I've recently traveled out to the desert southwestern USA. While there I saw a number of birds I was unfamiliar with and have had trouble identifying. Here are two I could use some help with. Please leave your ID's in the comments. Thanks.
This appears to be some type of large duck or goose. But the bill is throwing me off. Any ideas?
A shorebird of some type, but I can't find it in any of my shorebird guides. Again, any clues?
Of course, the desert sun can play tricks on a man, so maybe I was just seeing things, all a mirage?
;-)
Readers of this blog know that I've recently traveled out to the desert southwestern USA. While there I saw a number of birds I was unfamiliar with and have had trouble identifying. Here are two I could use some help with. Please leave your ID's in the comments. Thanks.
This appears to be some type of large duck or goose. But the bill is throwing me off. Any ideas?
A shorebird of some type, but I can't find it in any of my shorebird guides. Again, any clues?
Of course, the desert sun can play tricks on a man, so maybe I was just seeing things, all a mirage?
;-)
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Bad Bird Photo of the Week
So out of focus it's hard to tell that it is a bird, much less what species.
But feel free to guess in the comments!
;-)
So out of focus it's hard to tell that it is a bird, much less what species.
But feel free to guess in the comments!
;-)
Drama in the Desert!
(aka Bad Bird Photos of the Week)
Snowy egret ...
... on the prowl ...
... got it! ...
... don't got it! ...
... where'd it go? ...
... nobody saw that ...
Not all the ponds were like this one.
You were expecting coyotes or mountain lions or such?
Not wading birds and metamorphosing frogs?
Maybe later ...
(aka Bad Bird Photos of the Week)
Snowy egret ...
... on the prowl ...
... got it! ...
... don't got it! ...
... where'd it go? ...
... nobody saw that ...
Not all the ponds were like this one.
*****
You were expecting coyotes or mountain lions or such?
Not wading birds and metamorphosing frogs?
Maybe later ...
Friday, September 24, 2010
A Visit To Cape May
Labor day weekend a friend and I visited Cape May. Here's some of what we saw.
There were skimmers skimming.
And ospreys watching.
Always elegant pond pigs.
Visiting buffies.
Ever present geese.
Ridiculously billed skimmers, young ...
... and old.
Terns napping.
And awake.
Serious looking gulls.
It wasn't all birds. There were bugs ...
... bunnies ...
... and deer.
And tiny fish nibbling at some tasty toes.
I can't wait to go back.
Labor day weekend a friend and I visited Cape May. Here's some of what we saw.
There were skimmers skimming.
And ospreys watching.
Always elegant pond pigs.
Visiting buffies.
Ever present geese.
Ridiculously billed skimmers, young ...
... and old.
Terns napping.
And awake.
Serious looking gulls.
... bunnies ...
... and deer.
And tiny fish nibbling at some tasty toes.
I can't wait to go back.
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