Category Archives: Nature

Black-chinned hummingbird and his love dance

The video is of the black-chinned hummingbird (in the photo above) doing its mating flight. Males fly up and down in a U-shape in front of a female. This flight is pretty short; they usually fly up pretty high and … Continue reading

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Cavalcade of critters

Birds, bugs, snakes and flowers all making appearances now that the temperatures are warming up.

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Curve-billed thrasher nest

Our first visible nest of the Spring. These birds seem to like our casa as they are always hanging around.

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Black-chinned Hummingbird 4_28_20

Three of these fellows are now fighting over the feeder. They are also doing the mating flight where they dive and ascend in a u-shape over a resting female while making a buzzing noise. Fun to watch.

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Eldorado Preserve birthday hike

Checking out a new trail that goes along the ridge line and provides some great views.

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Western bluebird 4_5_20

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Spring greenbelt hike 4_4_20

Brought the camera along in case the bald eagle was in the neighborhood. He was a no show but other critters were out.

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Galisteo Basin hike 3_25_20

A nice respite from our quarantine at a local nature preserve.

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Thrasher aria.

A short clip of the thrasher that was serenading me while I was photographing the sunset. You can here another group of birds twittering in the background. Now that Spring is here, it’s getting very musical outside!

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Rainbows 3_13_20

One for the morning and another in the afternoon!

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