Clouds 7_21

Posted on July 28, 2021 by Jabo

A variety of cloud shots and a timelapse from earlier this month.

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Finch Update: Chicks! 7_25_21

Posted on July 27, 2021 by Jabo

In a previous post, we put up a box to help the house finches make a nest. They made a nest that finally didn’t blow out of the portal. Since then, we’ve been worried about the 4 eggs they laid… as we’ve seen very little of Mom and Dad.

I decided to try a shot with the iphone and a mirror and it looks like we have 4 chicks.

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Smokey sunset 7_11_21

Posted on July 13, 2021 by Jabo

Smoke from all the fires out West are wrapping around the High pressure and streaming down into New Mexico. Makes for a red sunset, bad air and another all-to-often smokey situation.

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Finch nests and ravens 7_5_21

Posted on July 6, 2021 by Jabo

We have finches nesting in the new portal who now have a nest thanks to Joan’s ingenuity! Later, a trio of raucous ravens stopped by to be filmed (plainly demonstrating my shakiness in wildlife film documentation). They were interested in some food one had and noisily flew off after him when he took off.

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Early July sunsets, clouds and RAIN!

Posted on July 5, 2021 by Jabo

Including a Kelvin-Helmholtz Fluctus cloud (see picture descriptions)!

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Pecos National Historic Park geology walk 7_2_21

Posted on July 2, 2021 by Jabo

Today, I went to one of the many guided walks at one of my favorite spots, the Pecos National Historic Park, the site of the Pecos Pueblo ruins. This tour covered the geology of the area and how that influenced these early American settlements. There was also a convoy of old restored military vehicles driving through to celebrate the 4th and the Old Santa Fe Trail!

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Rain and sunset 6_29_21

Posted on June 30, 2021 by Jabo

So while the Pacific Northwest is suffering record heat, we are experiencing cool wet weather. We didn’t get a lot of inches of rain… but it lasted all day. And I think the video shows the atmospheric instability that’s caused our daylong cloudiness. Since we are in an exceptional drought… I say bring it on!

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Sunsets and timelapse 6_21

Posted on June 24, 2021 by Jabo

Some sunsets from the past few evenings. The last video shows a small virga cloudburst. Hopefully this indicates that rain is on its way… soon.

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Santa Fe Fuego baseball 6_19_21

Posted on June 22, 2021 by Jabo

Part of the Pecos League, the Santa Fe Fuego play their home games at the Fort Marcy Ballpark and this evening faced the Tucson Sagueros for a 12 to 11 win. The league is independent of MLB, has been around in various iterations since 2011 and the 14 teams stretch from Garden City, Kansas to Wasco, CA. The players are unpaid (whenever a Fuego player hits a home run, they pass the hat for him) and the upcoming All-Star game here in Santa Fe will not be having a home run derby because baseballs are too expensive.

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Happy Father’s Day!

Posted on June 20, 2021 by Jabo

Looking at this photo, you can see what kind of outdoorsman Dad was. I mean… who wears patent leather shoes and dress slacks to go fishing? Still, he managed to teach us boys how to fish and judging from this catch, did a pretty good job. Thanks Dad.

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