A rainy muddy visit to Panchuela Creek led us to drive up the road to Jack’s Creek where we enjoyed sunshine for the rest of the day. There was a nice view of the clouds drifting over East Pecos Baldy from out picnic spot and plenty of magpies and a coyote rounded out our visit.
Trying to catch up on posting. Here are a few cloud shots along with the moon and wild daisies blooming in the greenbelt.
Catching up on posting after spending time trying to find new photo apps to replace the old dusty ones. Lots of quail still coming by, the hummingbirds are out in force and draining the feeders and we have a good bunch of bumble bees. I’m also posting a short movie of the mayhem that goes on at the hummingbird feeders
Clouds rolled in and the rain came down. A nice half inch downpour was followed by a sunset.
The Hummers are out in force and fighting over the feeders, several Quail families are visiting the bird bath along with Juniper Titmouse and Western Scrub Jays. Top it off with the Tarantula Hawk (really a big wasp that preys on Tarantulas), the official State insect.
And I now have spam filters working so the comments are back on!
As always, whenever we need a mental health break from the world; we can head up to Holy Ghost Creek for a wonderful dose of Nature. There were few campers, lots of butterflies and the creek was fantastically frigid. We also spotted a few sphinx moths sipping off the nettles.
After a short hike, we found the forest service stocking rainbow trout for the fishermen. The happy news is the forest looks very healthy and green despite the ongoing drought.
The only sad thing was all the broken glass we picked up from someone who decided to break beer bottles by the side of the creek. All of these small camp sites are particularly susceptible to damage from idiots now that the resources for oversight are drying up.
This fellow has staked out one of our feeders and spends most his time fighting off invaders or show diving to attract a mate.
A few of the critters that have posed for me and my new camera.
Note: I’ve had to turn off comments again due to the amount of spam. I’ll let you know when I get the spam filters figured out and the comments feature back up and running.
Nice sunset clouds, photos of the garden squash and the Moon. Even a time-lapse!
