Warning: not for the squeamish. Joan noticed a rather large bull snake under the junipers near our raised beds. We watched it searching around until it darted and we heard a squeal. It quickly rolled into a coil and we saw that a small furry was caught. It wasn’t long before lunch was over and the snake was back on the prowl.
As usual, I was photographing the evening’s sunset when this great horned owl flew into a nearby tree. We both sat for a long while watching the twilight colors until he rose up and silently flew away.
On Saturday Night Live, November 20, 1976
Understated but it’s all good during the social distancing era!
A female ladder-backed woodpecker bellying up to the bar.
A storm is moving in.
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 swoop down low with a buzzing sound.
